Welcome to my web site! My name is Bettye Stroud. I’m an American children’s author based in Athens, Georgia.  I’m so glad you came by to visit. Use the links at the top to explore my web site. My newest book is THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA (The Drama of African-American History). My other books include: THE PATCHWORK PATH, A QUILT MAP TO FREEDOM, THE LEAVING, DANCE Y'ALL and DOWN HOME AT MISS  DESSA’S. To read more about these books, click the book covers to your right.

News: I’ll be teaching a session on writing children’s books at the Harriette Austin Writers’ Conference at the Georgia Center on July 21, 2007. Click here to visit the HA Conference web site. To see other dates on my calendar, click here.

In addition to teaching at writers’ conferences, I teach a class about Writing For Children to adults at The  University of Georgia. I also speak at many other conferences and to faculty groups.

One of my most enjoyable activities, however, is going into schools and sharing my books with young people. For  information about school visits, author appearances or conference speaking, click here. You will also find links to my lesson plans for THE LEAVING and  DANCE YA’LL here. I hope you will bookmark this site and come back soon to see what’s new. To contact me, email bjstroud@bellsouth.net. To see my books, scroll down.

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This web site last updated Tuesday, July 03, 2007