ABOUT
CM Cothran writes funny stories about serious issues. When she's not writing, she is checking items off her bucket list:
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Go Solo Skydiving...check!
Own a Motorcycle...check!
Learn to Snowboard...check!
Get a Tattoo...check, check, check!
Raft the Top Rivers in the Western Hemisphere...check, check, check!
Go to the Superbowl...check! Go RAVENS! (2013)
Trek through the rainforest...check!
Travel to Australia...check!
Go on a Safari...not yet!
Write a novel...check!
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Get published...not yet!
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Cothran grew up in Greenville, South Carolina embedded among Southern Baptists and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S in Marketing and Management. Go Gamecocks! She also holds an M.A. in Environmental Science and Policy from The Johns Hopkins University.
She spent most of her career in marketing and fundraising for environmental non-profit organizations. In this capacity, she became used to being underpaid, which was excellent preparation for becoming a writer.
She currently lives in South Carolina and is working on her second novel; Dogs Don’t Lie.