Terry+Kay




TERRY KAY   Terry Kay, a novelist, was born in Hart, Ga on February 10, 1938. He was raised on a farm and graduated from West Georgia Junior College and LaGrange College earning a degree in Social Science. He began his career in journalism in 1959 at the Decatur-DeKalb News, a weekly newspaper in Decatur. He later worked for the Atlanta Journal, as a sports writer for eight years. Kay resigned from The Atlanta Journal in 1973 to begin a career in public relations, later becoming Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Oglethorpe Power Corporation. In 1989, he left the corporate world to devote full time to writing.  Kay has published many books, one of which include To Dance with the White Dog. This book was released in 1900 and established Kay as one of the region's foremost writers. This story is about an octogenarian and a mysterious white dog that comes to live with him following the death of his wife of 57 years. Published in 1995, was Shadow Song, which was a love story. Following this novel, in 1997, The Runaway was published. This story was about the social change in the south followed by World War 1.   Kay's writing was based on the life he lived, and things he saw happen in the South during suffering and success. Terry Kay currently lives in Watkinsville, Ga. Kay has been married for 44 years and has four children and six grandchildren with a seventh grandchild on the way. Kay as an author is a wonderful novelist who encourages the youth of the next generation.  