Bio of
Carol D. O'Dell
“I was adopted at age four to Southern, fundamentalist parents
in their mid-fifties—what more could a writer want?”
Carol D. O’Dell’s world changed the day she was adopted. Taken from Daytona Beach to Atlanta and raised by adoring parents of a fiery faith, Carol was steeped in Bible stories and bedtime stories. She is drawn to the Southern, the reverent and irreverent found in art, nature, faith, and man.
Carol D. O'Dell’s gripping memoir Mothering Mother: A Daughter’s Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir, and is for the “sandwich” generation and overflows with humor, grace and much needed honesty.
Her fiction and nonfiction work has appeared in numerous publications including Atlanta Magazine, Voices of Alzheimer’s, Southern Revival, MARGIN, Blue Moon Review, Water’s Edge, The Pisgah Review, and AIM, America’s Intercultural Magazine. She is a family advisor at www.Caring.com. She write at daily blog at at www.wordpress.com/caroldodell and her blog is syndicated at www.OpentoHope.com.
Carol is a Jacksonville University graduate, creative writing teacher and inspirational speaker and has been featured on CNN, Fox and numerous television and radio programs across the country. Her stories and insights on caregiving, inspiration, adoption, spirituality, writing, and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's issues offer hope and purpose.
Forthcoming books include: SAID CHILD, WHITE IRIS, WHEN STARS FALL, SOUL MATTERS, and THE SAVVY CAREGIVER: Plans and Purpose That Give Life Meaning
To inquire about booking Carol for an upcoming conference, seminar, or corporate event, visit her website is www.caroldodell.com.
