Author: Marcia Hawley Barnes
Bio: Marcia Hawley Barnes is a Georgia writer and poet. In 2008, Ms. Barnes researched, illustrated, and published "​The Little Book of Secret Family Recipes", a heritage cookbook. Her poetry was published in "Stone, River, Sky: An anthology of Georgia poems," in 2015, Negative Capability Press. 

In June 2017, Barnes received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Children's Book Category for "Tobijah." The book is published by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, and is illustrated by Doreyl Ammons Cain.

She is a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, NetWest, and Ridgeline Literary Alliance.