Celia Rivenbark

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Celia Rivenbark is an American humor columnist and award-winning, bestselling author.

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Background

Rivenbark was born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, She is married to Scott Whisnant, [1] the Director of Government Relations for New Hanover Health Network.

Rivenbark resides in Wilmington, North Carolina with her husband and daughter, Sophie.

Journalism career

Rivenbark graduated from college and started working for The Wallace Enterprise in Wallace, North Carolina. She later moved to the Morning Star in Wilmington, where she wrote a humor column. Her column won her a national health journalism award in addition to some press awards.

Rivenbark also authored weekly humor columns for The Sun News of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [2] A collection of her columns was published in 2000 by Coastal Carolina Press.

Literary career

Three of Rivenbark's books were nominated for the James Thurber Prize:

In 2004, Rivenbeck's book We're Just Like You, Only Prettier won the Southern Book Prize Nonfiction Book of the Year title. Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits (2006), and You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning (2010) were later prize finalists.

Entertainment Weekly Magazine designated Rivenbark's book Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank as 2006's best title. Her book You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl was a New York Times bestseller. [3]

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References

  1. "Greensboro North Carolina News & Record". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. Rivenbark's column at Myrtle Beach Sun News Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. New York Times bestseller list for September 4, 2011