The Lion's Roar: Ep. 20, Special Edition for August 28, 2009

The Lion's Roar: South Carolina State Library Podcast

This is a Special Edition of the Lion's Roar. You will hear from author, Jackie Cooper, who presented at the SC State Library's Center for the Book on August 20th, 2009. Jackie K. Cooper was born in South Carolina and now lives in Georgia. He is the married father of two sons and the proud grandparent of a boy and two girls. He is familiar to people living in the middle Georgia area as the "entertainment man" since his entertainment reviews run in newspapers and are shown on television there. His short stories have been used as commentary on Georgia Public Radio. He also keeps active appearing as an after dinner speaker for various events. Cooper has lived an exceptionally interesting life and portions of it were contained in his first book "JOURNEY OF A GENTLE SOUTHERN MAN". The journey continued in "CHANCES AND CHOICES". His third book "HALFWAY HOME" was published by Mercer University Press in October 2004. His fourth book "THE BOOK BINDER" was published in the fall of 2006. His latest collection of stories is titled "THE SUNRISE REMEMBERS" which was also published by Mercer University Press. For more information about Jackie, visit http://www.jackiekcooper.com and for more information about the SC Center for the Book, visit http://www.sccenterforthebook.org.