Episode Six: Just in time for summer reading… we meet Author Tracy Lawson.
Episode six is an intriguing conversation with Tracy Lawson, Author, who sat down with Elizabeth inside The Old Exchange Building in Charleston where the Sarrazin sisters and their brother, Jonathan, were imprisoned during the Revolutionary War. Tracy takes us on a journey of spies and a connection with these Huguenot descendants. She also shares her upcoming book with Eliza Yonge Wilkinson as the heroine. All ages will enjoy this podcast and the excitement of the story.
What a treat to be joined by Tracy Lawson who was visiting Charleston and hosted a wonderful education hour at The Old Exchange Building for children. After the program concluded, the podcast was recorded in the Rebecca Motte room and it includes a discussion of Huguenot descendants - the Sarrazin sisters and their brother, Jonathan, and Eliza Yonge Wilkinson, and more.
Historical Fiction for Summer Reading… something for children and adults
Tracy’s Liberty Belles series includes three books for young readers: Revolutionary Anna, Revolutionary Sarah and Revolutionary Rebecca. For adult readers, see Answering Liberty’s Call. All may be viewed and ordered via Tracy’s website: https://tracylawsonbooks.com/books/. The Liberty Belles books are also available at The Old Exchange Building in the gift shop.
Tracy Lawson
GUEST
Tracy Lawson’s passion for storytelling led her first into the world of dance and educational theater. In a career that has spanned nearly three decades, she has been a dance teacher, a studio owner, and to date has choreographed thirty-two musicals for middle- and high school students.
When faced with a mid-life career change spurred by a cross-country move for her husband’s job, Tracy adopted the motto, ‘have laptop, will travel.’ Within a few years, she had achieved a lifelong goal and published her first book, based on the 1838 travel journal of her great-great-great grandfather.
A series of post-apocalyptic novels aimed at young adults and a companion volume to her first nonfiction book followed. Currently Tracy has tapped into another family story for her debut historical fiction. While her body of work may seem varied, the common thread that connects all her books is her characters’ pursuit of individual liberty.
Tracy and her husband, economist Robert Lawson, both Cincinnati natives and graduates of Ohio University, have one grown daughter and two spoiled cats.
Elizabeth F. Gay
HOST
Elizabeth F. Gay is a thirty-year member of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina and serves as its Executive Director. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, she descends from French Huguenot immigrants Benjamin Marion and Thomas de Guerin. After a career in corporate communications, she retuned to Charleston in 2018 and brings her enjoyment of education through conversations to this podcast series as she visits with historians, authors and more.