Josie is a new Southern author who lives outside Charleston, South Carolina. Prior to commencing her writing life, Josie was an attorney and social worker who spent her career addressing child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Her call to service was spurred by early life experiences growing up in poverty in the inner city with hardship, strife, and violence. Josie worked for nearly thirty years as a public servant and advocate. In the twilight of her career, Josie chose to serve on a statewide committee to combat human trafficking in her home state of Ohio. This professional background has served her well in her current pursuits.
After moving to the South from the Midwest, she became deeply interested in the Gullah culture and race-based slavery. Leveraging her legal research skills, she began to interview Gullah slave descendants, conduct site visits, and research archival records. In early 2020 she released her first book Growing Up Gullah in the Lowcountry, a children’s picture book about the Gullah culture, heirs’ property, and the history of Charleston. Josie’s debut historical fiction novel, the first in a series, Gullah Tears, is now available.
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