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observations, musings and miscellany from an unapologetic sentimentalist.
Winner, Georgia Independent Author of the Year
GIAA Author of the Year, "Lint Head" - Literary Fiction • GIAA Spotlight on Georgia Award, "Lint Head" - Fiction
"Engrossing and entertaining. Well written with interesting characters who are revealed as layer after layer is peeled away."
"Brenda is such a loveable character, and her story, though bittersweet, made me smile."
Lint Head Author Bill Fortenberry Receives
Georgia Author of the Year Recognition for Literary Fiction
Lint Head, the debut novel of Georgia author Bill Fortenberry is the recipient of Georgia Independent Author Association Author of the Year recognition for literary fiction and the Spotlight on Georgia Award for fiction. Set in rural Sumner, Georgia, Lint Head, is a nostalgic loveletter to the small town where Bill attended high school in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Already Thinking About the Holidays? Add Aunt Connie's Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled, Electric-Powered, County Road Christmas to your fall reading list.
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Aunt Connie's Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled, Electric-Powered, County Road Christmas is the second novel of Georgia Author of the Year and Spotlight on Georgia Award winner Bill Fortenberry. Part memoir, part fiction, Aunt Connie's, is the perfect nostalgic Southern holiday read.
My Story
I am a husband, a dad, grad student, storyteller, writer and follower of Jesus who has had the fortune of writing professionally for a living my entire adult life, which is pretty amazing, considering my dad never learned to read or write. I grew up dirt poor, figured out that education was the key to improving my life, and learned to cut, perm, color and style hair right to pay my way through college. It worked like a charm. (Read my "Dear Sandy" blog post to learn more about that story.) I have worked as a sportswriter, news reporter, news editor and columnist, and I'm in my third decade of working in public relations. Since 2019, I have focused my efforts on writing novels. Lint Head was published in 2024 by St. Matthew's Press. Aunt Connie's Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled, Electric-Powered, County Road Christmas was published in November 2025, also by St. Matthew's Press.
Rogene shook her head.
"I just don't know how you do it."
"I wouldn't know what else to do," Brenda said matter-of-factly.
Lint Head
by Bill Fortenberry
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