Augusta Scattergood
Augusta Scattergood grew up in the Mississippi Delta and left to attend college at the University of North Carolina and library school at Simmons College. But she never really left her home state, even while living in New Jersey.
Her first novel is set in Mississippi during Freedom Summer, 1964. GLORY BE was published in January, 2012, by Scholastic Press. THE WAY TO STAY IN DESTINY, her new middle-grade novel takes place in a little town in Florida named Destiny where Theo has come to live at the Rest Easy Rooming House and Dance Studio. Her third historical middle-grade novel will also be published by Scholastic Press, August 2016. MAKING FRIENDS WITH BILLY WONG is based on a few memories and a lot of research!
Augusta is represented by Linda Pratt of Wernick & Pratt Agency.
A school librarian for over twenty years, Augusta now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.
“Real secrets mean more than hiding that card game from you daddy. Real secrets can be hurtful. Make people do bad things.”
“Truth to tell, I'm right proud of Glory. She's standing up for what she believes is right. All of us should lead our children to do that, don't you know?”
“There's more to stories than it seems at first looking," she said. "Two sides to most stories. Folks better be thinking about that for once.”