Appalbookworm.com

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Everyone knows what a bookworm is and what an apple is, but what's an Appalbookworm? This Appal means Appalachia, where Appalbookworm.com is located.  The name originated when the founder of Appalbookworm.com was trying to come up with a unique user name for an online writers' group. Two years later, Appalbookworm.com was born.

Staff

 Sam Adams is the editor of Appalbookworm.com.  He holds a bachelor of arts in telecommunications with a concentration in political newswriting, and has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor for nearly 18 years.  He has training in computer-assisted reporting, and has covered everything from small local governments to presidential campaign speeches.

He is the author of PRECIOUS BLOOD, a true-crime book about the double murder of a father and his four-year-old son. Published by Pinnacle Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., PRECIOUS BLOOD will be available throughout the United States beginning in April 2007.

Adams is a former member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and has won several awards for his investigative reporting. His writing and/or photography has appeared via The Associated Press and independent work in Parade magazine, The New York Times, The (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Appalshop Notes, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Bloodroot, The (Ashland, Ky.) Daily Independent, The (Owensboro, Ky.) Messenger-Inquirer, The (Whitesburg, Ky.) Mountain Eagle, Kentucky Rural Health Update and other publications.  His photography was used by the Smithsonian Institution for posters displayed at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

In addition to nonfiction works, Adams writes poems, short stories, and novels, and conducts educational workshops in creative writing and journalism for children, teens and adults. His workshops have been held in schools, community centers, and at the 2004 Appalachian Teen Leaders conference in Louisville, Kentucky.

 Jeannie Adams is education coordinator of Appalbookworm.com. She holds an associate in arts and has extensive training in literacy. Though her full-time job is as a librarian, she has worked with teens and children for two years as a VISTA and has conducted literacy and paired reading workshops for teens and adults.

She is a poet whose work has been published in Bloodroot and the chapbook Kentucky and Other States of Mind.

All content on this web site, including text, graphics and original artwork, is copyright 2004 by Sam Adams. All rights reserved. Any use or reproduction by electronic, mechanical or other means is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner.