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Sylvia Higginbotham

Sylvia Higginbotham, who spent her childhood in rural Jones County, Mississippi, is a professional writer and the executive director of the Columbus Arts Council. Additionally, she is a freelance travel writer who, for more than a decade, has written articles about places and people for more than 100 newspapers, magazines, and travel publications, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and many others.

Higginbotham was awarded the 1994 Mississippi Governor’s Travel Media Award for Travel Writing, and she won a Governor’s Award for Tourism Achievement in 1986. Before she moved back to her native state in 1981, she worked for television stations and public relations firms in Shreveport and Lafayette, Louisiana.

Books by Sylvia Higginbotham

Grits ‘n Greens and Mississippi Things (2002)

The Insiders’ Guide to Mississippi (1994)

Marvelous Old Mansions and Other Southern Treasures (2000)

Mississippi Music and Memories (1997)

Reflections: Homes and History of Columbus, Mississippi (2001)

Time Passages (2003)

Tennessee Trails and Treasures: Mountains, Music, Mansions and More (2006)