Teresa Nicholas is a freelance writer. For twenty-five years, she worked for Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, most recently as vice president of production. She has contributed articles and essays to Delta Magazine, Mississippi Magazine, The Bitter Southerner, and NPR's Opinion Page and has been a travel writer for Fodor's in Mexico and Guatemala. She is author of The Mama Chronicles: A Memoir; Buryin' Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest; and Willie: The Life of Willie Morris, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
