Born: 1950 in Thomasville, Georgia
June Bailey White has lived nearly all her life in Grady County, Georgia
Father: A novelist moved away to Hollywood to write for movies and television
Mother: A farmer who ended up raising Bailey
She is a unique kind of author:
She used to tell stories on the radio but would also write them
She has written several novels:
Mostly about a secret side of Georgia away from the traffic
Her first novel in 1998, Quite a Year for Plums
Lives of characters in a small south Georgia town
Other stories are about the rural Georgian landscape and her own family
Bailey White has now retired from teaching and devotes her time to writing and sometimes appearing on the radio