Carol Mahler is the author of three books: How Do I Follow? a collection of her poems published in 2012 by Peace River Press; Guy LaBree: Barefoot Artist of the Florida Seminoles, published by the University Press of Florida in 2010; and Adventures in the Charlotte HarborWatershed, a children’s book first published in 2008 by the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, and annually published and distributed for free to third, fourth, or fifth graders in seven counties: Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Manatee, Polk, and Sarasota.

Her award-winning poems and articles have been published in magazines and newspapers, especially the Arcadian; in addition, she writes and edits books for the DeSoto County Historical Society. Serving as coordinator of the Society’s Howard and Velma Melton Historical Research Library and John Morgan Ingraham House Museum, she archives materials, researches, and offers guided walking tours of historic Arcadia.

A professional storyteller and singer-songwriter, she specializes in telling Florida folklore. Combining education and entertainment, she has performed stories of and about Florida throughout the state as well as at the Florida Folk Festival.

For more information visit her website! www.carolmahler.com