Nicole Seitz - Author of A Hundred Years of Happiness, Trouble the Water, and The Spirit of Sweetgrass

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SIBA Trade Show - September 25-26, 2009
Greenville, SC

Karen White, me, Ron Eash, Mary Alice Monroe, and John Thompson

Book Club Discusion of A Hundred Years of Happiness - September 1, 2009
Summerville, SC

The book club convened at Lynda's house

Max wasn't big on discussion, but made his mark anyway!

Book Club Discusion of The Spirit of Sweetgrass - July 7, 2009
Gullah Cuisine Restaurant, Mount Pleasant, SC

Private room at Gullah Cuisine

The book club

Book Signing @ Burry Bookstore with Pattie Callahan Henry - June 16, 2009
Hartsville, SC

Reading from A Hundred Years of Happiness

Good company
(photos courtesy of Burry Bookstore)

Lovely readers

Launch Party for Pattie Callahan Henry and Fundraiser- June 2, 2009
Calibogue Club, Daufuskie Island, SC

Standing with authors Jackie K. Cooper, Marjory Wentworth, Patti Callahan Henry, Kathryn Wall, and John Thompson	Jackie K. Cooper, me, Marjory Wentworth, Patti Callahan Henry, Kathryn Wall, and John Thompson	Jackie emceed the author panel and did a terrific job
Listening to Patti talk about her new novel, Driftwood Summer. Check it out!	Happy to meet readers.

Lakside Crossing Book Club Discussion of A Hundred Years of Happiness - May 26, 2009
Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Trace South Book Club Discussion of A Hundred Years of Happiness - April 15, 2009
Conway, SC

Book Signing @ Two Sisters Bookery - March 7, 2009
Wilmington, NC

Just a few of my Wilmington relatives!

Moveable Feast by Quarter Moon Books- March 7, 2009
Surf City Visitors Center, Surf City, NC

Authors Susan Crandall and Karen White

Authors Jackie K. Cooper and Kathryn Wall

Litchfield Books/Class at Pawleys Author's Luncheon - March 6, 2009
Kimbels at Wachesaw, Murrells Inlet, SC

Speaking...	Signing A Hundred Years of Happiness	A very special table...my brother in front.	My parents
The lady in green is my mother.	Listening to a guest	Lovely room of people in Kimbels Restaurant

Cooks and Books Lowcountry Literacy Fundraiser- February 22, 2009
Mall at Shelter Cove, Hilton Head Island, SC

Author Cathy Pickens and me

Judges of the Cooking Contests

A good time had by all

Authors' Luncheon with Siddons and Seitz - February 6, 2009
Fish Restaurant, Charleston, SC

Anne Rivers Siddons and me	Gervais Hagerty with Anne	Bicycle Books owner and author Jonathan Sanchez
Introducing A Hundred Years of Happiness	Book Signing at Blue Bicycle Books	A few of the luncheon guests enjoying the bookstore

Preservation Society of Charleston's 12th Annual Holiday Signing- December 4, 2008
Charleston, SC

The Preservation Society of Charleston's Book & Gift Shop

Author Richard N. Côté

Center for Women Lowcountry Women Authors Signing- November 23, 2008
Charleston, SC

A joyful reader.

Circa Gallery/Friends of Randolph County Library Event - November 6, 2008
Asheboro, NC

My paintings before the guests arrived.

Circa Gallery co-owner Mandy Sloan on left.

Friends of the Randolph County Library mingling...

Many thanks to Timothy's restaurant for the delicious deserts and Coffee X Change for the coffee.

View more photos from the event here.

Gwinnett Reading Festival - October 18, 2008
Lawrenceville, GA

I love meeting readers!	Man Martin signs copies of "Days of the Endless Corvette" and Jackie Lee Miles signs "Divorcing Dwayne", "Cold Rock River" and "Roseflower Creek"	Me and Jackie Lee Miles, a very gracious lady!
	Authors Jackie Cooper and Patti Callahan Henry sign a multitude of books!

SIBA (Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association) Trade Show -
September 28, 2008
Mobile, AL

Author Susan McBride holds up her latest YA novel, "The Debs,"
while I show off the galley for my upcoming novel, "A Hundred Years of Happiness."

Author Talk at Sun City- July 17, 2008
Hilton Head, SC

Speaking to the folks at Sun City	Will at Bay Street Trading Company was gracious enough to sell my books	Here is the original cover painting for Trouble the Water and four small shell paintings done by my character Honor - I donated the shell paintings to Sun City.
	Phyllis Sippel presents my paintings and copy of Trouble the Water to Sun City residents at the Sept. 18, 2008 opening of the new reading room/book exchange.

2008 Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival - June 6, 2008
Mount Pleasant, SC

Let the show begin	Wonderful lady, Town Councilwoman Thomasena Stokes Marshall	sweetgrass vendors
Support from the local fire department	www.gullahooman.com	SCAFA Executive Director Nakia Wigfall
Gullah Ooman Bunny Rodrigues and her story quilt www.gullahooman.com	My little table, photo courtesy of The Moultrie News	My painting, Sunday Best, photo courtesy of The Moultrie News

Moveable Feast Luncheon - May 16, 2008
Pawley's Island, SC

Pawley's Plantation

Posing with "Ms. Lee"

Conway Library - May 15, 2008
Conway, SC

Friends of the Conway Library

Signing Trouble the Water

A couple of my prints hanging in the computer area of the Conway Library

Atlanta Area Events - May 3, 2008
GA

The group settles in The Book Exchange in Marietta, GA...	Author Beth Webb Hart watches me read from Trouble the Water	I'm still reading...
Beth Webb after Greek food	A beloved reader at the end of a long day - Wordsmiths Books in Decatur, GA

Southern Baptist Convention Librarians Event - April 26, 2008
Greenwood, SC

Signing books at Main Street Baptist Church

Adorable bookish centerpieces!

I'on Book Club Discussion of Trouble the Water- April 7, 2008
Mount Pleasant, SC

I had a wonderful discussion with the lovely ladies of the I'on Book Club!

Book Signing @Barnes and Noble- March 22, 2008
Mount Pleasant, SC

Aspiring author Sheila Kelser showed her support!	Sheila and me	End cap!	Another end cap photo. It's so pretty, I couldn't resist.
My daughter sees her Mommy's book in the window.

South Carolina Book Festival- February 23, 2008
Columbia, SC

Author Ann H. Gabhart and her daughter Tarasa

Author Ann H. Gabhart and me

St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Womens' Retreat - February 9, 2008
Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner, SC

Rhonda, me and Karen Geils

Beautiful day

Butterfly Garden

The whole group

1st Annual Hampton Book Festival- January 26, 2008
Hampton, VA

Volunteer "Frankie Annie" and me

Posing with the Books-A-Million babes, Sharon Leaf
and Jacquie Lee

Book Club Private Party- January 17, 2008
Mount Pleasant, SC

Everyone except Kathy

The "Dead Cat Society" Book Club and me-- long story on their club name :)

Marietta Book Club Private Party- January 12, 2008
Mount Pleasant, SC

Chere and Ann

What a lovely chat...

The "Reading Between the Wines" Book Club and me

Center for Women's Multi-author Holiday Book Signing
- December 2, 2007
Charleston, SC

Nikki Hardin, Sue Monk Kidd, Josephine Humphreys, Marjory Wentworth, Dorothea Benton Frank, Nicole Seitz

Edisto Island Women's Club - November 27, 2007
Edisto Island, SC

Sweetgrass basket maker Nakia Wigfall and I spoke at the Edisto Yacht Club

Panel Discussion On Spirituality and Writing - October 21, 2007
Charleston County Library, SC

Authors Denise Hildreth, me, and Beth Webb Hart

A lovely side view

Southern Festival of Books - October 13, 2007
Nashville, TN

Talking the talk	Fellow TN author Denise Hildreth tells her story	Authors Karin Gillespie, River Jordan, Denise Hildreth, J.L. Miles, and me	Korean War Memorial
Sallie Ann Robinson, Gullah cookbook author, cooks and tells stories of her old teacher, Pat Conroy	Mmm, that smells good.	The steps to the book-signing Colonnade	Spatz the dog and his owner, Sherry Fair
The BookTV C-Span bus	Legislative Plaza	Everyone came out to the festival!

SIBA Conference (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) - September 29, 2007
Atlanta, GA

Signing advanced copies of Trouble the Water with Jordan Deshler, the cutest almost-seven-year-old you ever saw

Fellow TN author Virginia Boyd signs her debut, One Fell Swoop

Posing with Smoki and Jodi, booksellers from Florida

Launch party for Red Evans' On Ice - September 23, 2007
Barnes and Noble, Mount Pleasant, SC

Red Evans	On Ice	Hollis and Red discuss how things shrink with age :)	This here's a fine book.
The Original Loafers	Red signs while Emily Morrison looks on	Marie, Red and George	Me and Red

Visit to hometown - August 13, 2007
Hilton Head Island, SC

Campus of Hilton Head Prep School	Sue Groesbeck, Headmaster of HHPrep in the new Media Center	Upper School	The Starry Eyed Readers at Truffles
Giraffe with wings in honor of Sue West