Brenda’s poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in Flycatcher Magazine, Mobius: Journal of Social Change, Montucky Review, Muddy River Poetry Review, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Ginosko Literary Magazine, and numerous other online and print journals. She is the author of Dogwood Blues, a novel that earned her a reputation as a writer of southern fiction with a focus on the changing South and small town life. Brenda was nominated for a Georgia Author of the Year Award in 2015, a Pushcart Prize in Fiction in 2018, and a Pushcart Prize in Fiction in 2023. Her novella A Wiregrass Childhood was published by Horseman Press in April 2025. She is currently working on her second novel.

Brenda leads writing workshops and speaks at book clubs and related events. Her email is brenda@brendasuttonrose.com.

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