Norma Watkins

Norma Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Her memoir, The Last Resort: Taking the Mississippi Cure, won a gold medal as best non-fiction published in the southeast by an independent publisher. The sequel, That Woman from Mississippi, relates the consequences of impulsivity and exile. She publishes short pieces in newspapers and anthologies (See Stories). Watkins lives with her woodworker husband Les and two cats on the Mendocino Coast of California.