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Author Ray McAllister was a columnist for The Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1988 through 2007, and a newspaper reporter for 14 years before that. His only book had been published in 1995, a collection of mostly humor columns entitled "Reflections: Objects in Mirror Appear Backwards, But Maybe It's Me." But a column he wrote in August 2005 about a small island in North Carolina, and the reader response to it, led to an acclaimed book, "Topsail Island: Mayberry By The Sea," in 2006. Another island book, "Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island," followed in 2007 and Ray gave up the day job in late 2007 to write books. He is now at work on more island books, a Virginia book and at least one novel. He will also become editor of Boomer Life magazine with the June-July 2008 issue. |
The author interviews a diver on Topsail Sound Photographs by VICKI McALLISTER |
