About D.B. Seagraves
D.B. Seagraves (Donny Bailey Seagraves) is an American author living in Athens, Georgia, USA. She is an Athens native and worked for many years as a freelance newspaper columnist and magazine writer while also running her used and rare book business, Junebug Books and Collectibles. She writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and children. Penguin Random House published her debut children's middle-grade novel, Gone From These Woods. Her other published books include Cooking With Annie D: Southern Recipes Seasoned With Seagraves and Pettyjohn Family History and Bee Battle: Spelling, Spiders and the Secrets of Like.
In early 2027, the first book in her new cozy mystery series, Murder in the Bank House Cafe, will debut under her pen name D.B. Seagraves. For more information, ty of Georgia, where she majored in journalism. Her publication credits as a freelance writer include The Writer, Chicago Tribune, Mature Living, and Athens Magazine, where she freelanced for 20 years.
A popular speaker, she has presented at the Harriette Austin Writers Conference, SCBWI MD/DE/WV Regional Conference, and the Northwest Georgia Valley Writers Conference. Other speaking engagements have included The Southern Festival of Books, the AJC Decatur Book Festival, the Georgia Reading Association, SIBA, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Georgia, and the Colonial Dames in Athens, Georgia..