Carter Taylor Seaton is the author of two novels, Father’s Troubles and amo, amas, amat . . . an unconventional love story, the biography of former Congressman, Ken Hechler, The Rebel in the Red Jeep; numerous magazine articles, and several essays and short stories. She has directed a rural craft cooperative, was nominated for the Ladies Home Journal “Women of the Year 1975” Award, and ran three marathons―Atlanta, New York City, and Marine Corps―after she was fifty. A ceramic sculptor living in Huntington, West Virginia, she is one of three 2013 winners of the Tamarack Fellowship awards, being recognized for sculpture and writing.