Eugenia price biography
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Eugenia Price
American novelist
Eugenia Price (sometimes Genie Price;[1] June 22, – May 28, ) was an American author best known for her religious and self-help books, and later for her historical novels which were set in the American South.
Biography
[edit]Eugenia Price was born into a middle-class family in Charleston, West Virginia. Her father, Walter, was a dentist. At the age of ten Eugenia decided that she wanted to be a writer, an ambition encouraged by her mother Anna. She submitted a poem to her school's literary magazine. In , Price graduated from high school, declared herself an atheist, and decided to pursue a career in dentistry instead of writing. After attending Ohio University for two years, Price became the only female lärling to be enrolled in Ohio's Northwestern Dentistry School. After studying dentistry for two years, she decided to pursue a career in writing again.
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Eugenia Price
Eugenia Price is known for her best-selling historical fiction, much of which is set in Georgia. At the time of her death in , Price had written fourteen novels, twenty-two inspirational books, and three autobiographies. Her books have sold more than 40 million copies. Most of her novels appeared on the New York Times best-seller list, including her last novel, The Waiting Time, published after her death.
Early Life and Career
Eugenia Price was born on June 22, , in Charleston, West Virginia, to Anna Davidson and Walter Wesley Price, an upper-middle-class couple of German, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. Price often credited her mother with nurturing her passions for writing, music, and history.
At the age of sixteen, Price left her Charleston home for Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. She began as an English major but changed to dentistry in her junior year and transferred to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Three years later, she transferred to t
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Words by Natalie Mesgleski
Belonging to what is known as the Golden Isles, St. Simons Island is tucked away on miles of Georgia coastline, and is home to the well-loved stories of author Eugenia Price. Known as ‘Genie’ to close friends, and known for putting St. Simons on the map; Eugenia Price started a new life for herself on this small island, writing stories about the people who once lived there—long before she herself stumbled upon it.
Born in June of in Charleston, West Virginia, Eugenia Price did not always dream of being a writer—or living in Georgia for that matter. Taking after her father, she set out to study dentistry at Northwestern Dentistry School, and as one of the only females in her class—but this was short-lived and she soon dropped out to pursue her dream as a writer.
Price also changed belief systems around this same time. Before her revelation in , she had considered herself to be an atheist—but that year she converted to Christianity. It was a pivotal mo