Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories and Unexplained History

About the Authors

173 About the Authors Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown were both born in Russell Springs, Kentucky. Roberta had one sister, and Lonnie had three sisters and two younger brothers. Their families, along with other relatives and neighbors, got together often and joined in the Kentucky tradition of storytelling . Lonnie first shared stories with the people close to him, who responded with sidesplitting laughter and encouraged him to write the tales he told and experienced. The result was his first book, Stories You Won’t Believe. He later coauthored Spooky, Kooky Poems for Kids and Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts with his wife, Roberta. An accomplished musician and golfer, Lonnie enjoys nature, reading, and doing paranormal investigations with Roberta and their friends. Roberta also told stories, but she preferred to write. She used storytelling in her classroom as a teacher, but she never thought about being a professional storyteller until her friends, Lee and Joy Pennington, got her involved in the Corn Island Storytelling Festival, which they founded. Her first book, The Walking Trees and Other Scary Stories, resulted from her work with the festival. She is also the author of seven oth- About the Authors 174 er books and has recorded three CDs of her original stories. Roberta has appeared on programs at festivals, workshops, schools, libraries, and conferences from coast to coast. She has been on National Public Radio, the Voice of America, and the Lifetime television show Beyond Chance. Married since 1977, Lonnie and Roberta live in Louisville and continue to write and enjoy ghost tales, as well as actual ghosts. They like to hear from readers. Please visit Roberta’s Web site, robertasimpsonbrown.com. ...