Mary S. Palmer, of Mobile, AL, has a BA (Cum Laude) in English from the University of South Alabama and an MA in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing. She teaches English at Faulkner University and at Huntingdon College. She has published fourteen books, and two of her plays have been produced. Her short story, The Concrete Block Wall won the Hackney Award in 2016 and Raisin' Cain won the Southeastern Literary Tourism Award in 2014. Her book Tourism Writing: A New Literary Genre Unveiling the History, Mystery, and Economy of Places and Events, written with a grant from Faulkner University, was released in 2018. She is currently compiling a short story collection and completing a murder-mystery series.
