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Journalist, Educator, and Author
Dr. Anthony Todd Carlisle is an associate professor of English/journalism at Pennsylvania Western University, California campus. His debut novel, The Souls of Clayhatchee: A Southern Tale, is a page-turning mystery that takes you through a journey of family, trauma, healing, and forgiveness.
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The Souls of Clayhatchee: A Southern Tale
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Winner of two gold medals: Next Generation Indie Book Award and National Indie Excellence Award for African American Fiction. Bronze medal winner for Best Regional Fiction (South) from Independent Publishing Book Awards.
“James Kingsman hated the South. Raised by parents who had migrated north from Alabama years before his birth, he had heard their personal stories of racism, injustice, and fear. At best, he carried a certain disdain for those who stayed behind, no matter how much the South had changed. When James reluctantly agrees to his mother’s last wish to be buried in her ancestral home, his notions about southern relatives are turned upside down. As are long-hidden discoveries about his parents. His father did not migrate north, he escaped. His mother kept an even deeper secret, one of rage and beauty.
Some ghosts cannot stay buried.”
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Anthony Todd Carlisle, Ph.D., is a journalist, educator, and author, born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He is married to Amy Alexander, Ph.D., and has two adult children, Arielle and Amya. He is an associate professor in the Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Language at Pennsylvania Western University, California campus. Carlisle was a reporter for 11 years. He worked for the New Pittsburgh Courier, Daily News, Pittsburgh Business Times, Beaver County Times and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. During those years, he worked in several beat areas: city government, urban affairs, religion, education, transportation, labor and sports as a business. As a reporter, he won several awards, including Robert L. Vann Award for feature writing and investigative reporting and the Keystone State Spotlight Award for first place business story. Carlisle is also a veteran, having served in the United States Army Reserve for 14 years, reaching the rank of captain. He worked as both a supply officer and a military journalist. In 2003, he was deployed to the Middle East as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon his return, he was awarded California University of Pennsylvania’s Presidential Medal for Patriotic Service.