James Edward Oglethorpe

The author of more than fifteen books, Joyce Blackburn started as professional radio broadcaster in Chicago. A radio play she wrote and performed called "Suki and the Invisible Peacock" led a contract for a book of the same name, which in turn, led to the popular Suki series. Subsequent prize-winning titles for young readers have made Blackburn well known to librarians and teachers. Her popular historical biographies have earned her an enthusiastic adult following. Blackburn, a resident of St. Simons Island, Georgia, received the 1996 Governor’s Award in the humanities from the Georgia Humanities Council, and in the same year, the Suki books were reissued in a Silver Anniversary Edition. Among other awards she has received are the 1971 Fiction Author of the Year, Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists; 1971 National Christian School C. S. Lewis Award for "Suki and the Wonder Star;" and 1970 Literary Achievement Award for Non-Fiction, Georgia Writers Association. Her works are in the special Collections of the Woodruff Library at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.Blackburn, Joyce is the author of 'James Edward Oglethorpe' with ISBN 9781577363323 and ISBN 1577363329.