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Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker (1958-) Biography - Awards, Honors, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Writings

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Born 1958, in OK: Education: University of Montevallo, B.S. (history), 1981; University of Tennessee, M.S. (communications/journalism), 1986. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, reading, camping, visionary and vernacular arts.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Henry Holt & Co., 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011.

Writer and editor. Southern Living magazine, Birmingham, AL, copywriter and circulation assistant; freelance writer and editor, 1981—. Has worked as a technical writer, designed publications and Web sites, developed curricula and exhibits, conducted communications research, prepared grants and proposals, and served as adjunct faculty.

Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey, illustrated by Julie Paschkis, Holt (New York, NY), 2004.

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Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker (1958-) - Awards, Honors

Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker (1958-) - Sidelights

Writer and editor Melissa Eskridge Slaymaker is the author of the imaginative picture book Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey. Born in 1958, Slaymaker grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. She displayed an interest in writing at an early age, creating stories on a typewriter given to her by her father. After graduating from the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Slaymaker worked as…

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