Angela Correll

Angela Correll is an Kentucky author, creative, entrepreneur. She is also the co-founder of The Stanford, a suite of hospitality businesses located in the 2nd oldest city in Kentucky. ^[1]

Education

Angela has a bachelor's degree in communication from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Kentucky.

Personal life

Angela lives on a farm in Central Kentucky with her entrepreneur husband, Jess. ^[2]

Career

Angela is the author of the Village Life ^[3] , Restored in Tuscany ^[4] , and "May Hollow Trilogy," which includes books, Grounded, Guarded, and Granted. ^[5]

All three books were adapted into plays for Danville, Kentucky's Pioneer Playhouse. ^[6]

Grounded was adapted into a film titled Grounded in Love. Grounded in Love premiered on August 7th, 2025 on Great American Pure Flix ^[7] and September 27th, 2025 on the Great American Family channel ^[8] .

Angela and her husband Jess together co-founded The Stanford, a suite of hospitality businesses on Main Street in Stanford, KY. ^[9] The Stanford includes Kentucky Soaps & Such ^[10] a goat milk soap factory and retail shop in Stanford, The Stanford Inn at Wilderness Road, ^[11] Mama DeVechio's Pizzeria ^[12] and the Bluebird, a farm-to-table restaurant. ^[13]

Awards

Restored in Tuscany, Bronze Medal in Personal Development / Growth, Living Now Book Awards, 2025 ^[14]

Grounded, became an Amazon bestseller in 2014 in various categories of inspirational fiction. Grounded, the audiobook, was a finalist for the Audie Award in Inspirational Fiction for 2015, ^[15] and was nominated for Best Voiceover by the Society For Voice Arts and Sciences in the category of Audiobook Narration – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction. ^[16]

Granted was awarded the silver medal in Religious Fiction in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards. ^[17]

Preservation Kentucky, Bruckheimer Award for Historic Preservation in a Rural Community, 2013. ^[18]

Boyle Landmark Trust Preservation Award, 2014

Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation, Barbara Hulette Award, 2014 ^[19]

References

1. "Stanford, Kentucky".
2. "Correll joins the ranks of Kentucky's most successful entrepreneurs". 16 November 2018.
3. "Village Life - Angela Correll". angelacorrell.com. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
4. "Restored In Tuscany by Angela Correll". angelacorrell.com. 2023-08-15. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
5. "Kentucky author parlays her passion into successful enterprise". 21 December 2017.
6. ""Grounded" Opens July 7, an uplifting play about family, faith and the choices we make". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
7. "Grounded in Love". Pure Flix. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
8. "Grounded in Love – Great American Family" . Retrieved 2025-11-24.
9. "Jess Correll: Stewarding the City | TwoTen Magazine".
10. "About Us | Kentucky Soaps and SuchKentucky Soaps and Such". kentuckysoapsandsuch.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22.
11. "About Us – Wilderness Road Guest Houses". wildernessroadguest.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-21.
12. "Mama DeVechio's Pizzeria". The Stanford Inn at Wilderness Road. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
13. "The Bluebird Takes Flight:The Creation of Stanford's Bluebird Café".
14. Roberts, Allison (2025-08-13). "2025 Medalists". Living Now Book Awards. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
15. "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (En-US)". Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
16. "2015 Nominees".
17. "2019 Medalists Cat 1-35".
18. "Preservation Kentucky to honor Gill Holland, August Brown Holland, Tim Peters, Lois Mateus and Whiskey Row - Insider Louisville". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
19. "2010-2019".