About Ashley Oliphant
Dr. Ashley Oliphant is a retired Full Professor of English with teaching specialties in 20th-century American literature, literary modernism, and rhetoric and composition. Her doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2007, was titled "Hemingway's Mixed Drinks: An Examination of the Varied Representation of Alcohol Across the Author's Canon." She is a longtime member of the Hemingway Society and a contributor to its conferences and The Hemingway Review.
About Beth Yarbrough
Beth Yarbrough is a seasoned and successful author, artist and photographer whose depictions of historic homes and structures across the South are featured on her website Southern Voice and in her extensive collection of published calendars and fine art prints. Additionally, her licensed artwork in the home decor industry is entering its fourth decade of success, having reached millions of consumers world wide via manufacturers and retailers such as Target, WalMart, Kohl's, Lowes, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby, Cracker Barrel, and more. From her home base in North Carolina, Beth travels the backroads of the South in search of great architecture, interesting stories, and slices of Southern culture that are a daily delight to her thousands of followers on Facebook and Instagram. Her latest book, Jean Laffite Revealed: Unraveling One Of America's Longest Running Mysteries, is set for release on March 15, 2021 via University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. Co-written with Ashley Oliphant, the book sheds new light on the life and ultimate fate of the infamous pirate, Jean Laffite.
