Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart (21 page)

Carol Wall’s articles and essays centering on family life have been popular features in publications such as
Southern Living
and
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
for more than twenty years. An accomplished public speaker, Carol served as writer-in-residence for Roanoke County Schools, where high school audiences learned to look forward to her entertaining and engaging presentations. Beginning in 1973, with her first teaching job at East High School in Nashville, Tennessee—Oprah Winfrey’s alma mater—Carol has been known for her ability to connect with listeners, sharing her passion for storytelling and eagerly reaching out to include even the most reluctant student. Carol and her husband have three grown children and four beautiful grandchildren. They make their home in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Carol has been battling Stage IV breast cancer since 2008.
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening
is her first book.