Don O'Briant

Born: 1943 in South Carolina

• • Don O'Briant was a reporter and editor at The Greenville News 1969-1973

  • Joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1973 as staff writer

    • Wrote about the South

  • Don is the author of seven books, all of which have connections to Georgia and food

    • Sonny Bubba's Southern Fried Semi-Low-Calorie Cookbook (1989)

    • The Hapless Handyman's Home Repair & Weekend Project Guide (1992)

    • Looking for Tara: The Gone with the Wind Guide to Margaret Mitchell's Atlanta (1994)

    • Backroad Buffets and County Cafes: A Southern Guide to Meat-and-Threes and Downhome Dining (1998)

    • Travel Smart Georgia (2000)

    • Fuqua: A Memoir (2001)

    • Newcomer's Guide to Georgia (2009)

  • He currently lives in suburban Atlanta, Georgia