GH: I made up stories all my life, but knew that I would write books when I read Little women at age 7. She feels that the culture, language and people of the mountains have often been misunderstood and even ridiculed by outsiders who have little knowledge of the cultural diversity found there. Her Appalachian heritage is very important in her writing in fact, the majority of her works are set there. Gloria attended Riverside Elementary School in Spear, North Carolina, Crossnore High School in Crossnore, North Carolina, Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Her mother still runs the family's country store, Sunny Brook Store, which can be seen in the railroad scene of The year of the perfect Christmas tree and in But no candy (the frontspiece). Gloria Houston was born in Marion, North Carolina and grew up in Avery Country near Spruce Pine, North Carolina. She states that she has been a flight attendant, teacher, waitress, consultant, free-lance writer, columnist, wife and mother and has had fun doing most things, but writing and talking to children is the most fun. She teaches children's literature, the techniques of writing and adolescent literature. GLORIA IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT professor and author-in-residence at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
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