CONTRIBUTORS
JANA RILEY ~ Writer
Jana is a writer and editor living in Summerville, SC, with her husband, Dan. Jana enjoys adventures with her three favorite kids, Noah, Jude, Forest, and their dog, Alfie.
SUSAN FRAMPTON ~ Writer Susan is a writer who has happily called South Carolina home for over thirty years. When not at her desk, she spends as much time as possible with her hands in the dirt, or thinking up new projects for her husband, Lewis—who wishes she would spend less time thinking.
GRACE NELSON ~ Writer
JASON WAGENER ~ Illustrator
Born and raised in Blackville, SC, Grace studied mass communications at the University of South Carolina. She has worked for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor for seven years, currently as the Director of Marketing & Communications. She currently resides in the Fort Mill area with her family, and is particularly fond of road trips, Gamecock football, boiled peanuts, and the History Channel.
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Jason began his illustrious art career when he won a coloring contest in third grade, subsequently entitling him the proud owner of a Mickey Mouse dry erase board. He moved to the Lowcountry in 1990, and save an education at the Savannah College of Art and Design, has remained a faithful transplant ever since.
KATIE DEPOPPE ~ Writer
A South Carolina native, Katie is a writer, developmental editor, and former book publicist, who also serves as the Editor at Large for both Azalea and Palmetto magazines. A lover of coffee (and cliches), Southern gothic literature, family heirlooms, and conversations on faith, she lives with her husband, son, four dogs, and a gaggle of fowl on a lake near Charleston.
WILL BROWNING ~ Pastor / Writer Will serves as the Lead Pastor at Journey Church, a multi-site church in the Charleston area. Will is a native of South Carolina, born and raised in the home of a crop farmer and an elementary teacher in Barnwell. He is a coach to church planters, avid sports fan, triathlete, college professor, and a binge Netflix watcher. Will is married to his college sweetheart, Tarah, and is the biggest fan of his three kids, Piper, Ethan, and Jedidiah.