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 two Ted and Poudlum sequels, Secret of the Satilfa and Trouble on the Tombigbee, which earned the 2011 and 2012 Georgia Author of the Year awards, respectively. That made him the only author in Georgia history to win that award for every book he’s ever written—and sets the bar high for this current one. Tombigbee also won the Frank Yerby Award for Fiction. Dunagan lives in Monticello, Georgia, where he writes news, features, and a weekly column for the Monticello News.
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