Ted M. Dunagan was born and grew up in rural southwestern Alabama. He served in the U.S. Army, attended Georgia State University, and retired from a career in business in 2003. He received the 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Young Adult Fiction for his debut novel, A Yellow Watermelon. The book was also named to the inaugural “25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read” list compiled by the Georgia Center for the Book. He followed his first success with a sequel, Secret of the Satilfa, which earned the 2011 Georgia Author of the Year Award. He lives in Monticello, Georgia, where he writes news, features, and a weekly column for the Monticello News.
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