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   Patti Wilson Byars is a graduate of the University of Georgia where she was a member of the Dixie Redcoat Band. She has a master's degree in education from the State University of West Georgia. She is a native of Jonesboro, Georgia, the setting of Separate Fountains. She was a teacher with the Fulton County Georgia schools, Georgia Southern University, Florida Atlantic University, The Pennsylvania State University, and Tallahassee Community College. She is currently an adjunct instructor in the College of Education, Florida State University. She is a Presbyterian, a Rotarian, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the American Association of University of Women and the Zonta Club. Widowed, she has two children, Todd and Jennifer Paige Byars.

     Separate Fountains is based on her childhood memories. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of Separate Fountains is being used to set up college scholarships for education majors who are single mothers or the children of single mothers.

 

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