Biographical Summary for Leslie Carl ParsonsWith a background in both the sciences and humanities, Carl Parsons served for 22 years in various management positions for TRW Automotive, including plant manager. Upon his retirement in 2012, however, he returned to the humanities as an instructor in English for Walter State Community College in Sevierville, Tennessee, and as a writer and editor of literary fiction. He has published a total of eleven short stories with The Broadkill Review, The Raven Review, Foundling House, Scars Publications, and Spillwords Press and poetry with Literary Yard and Plum Tree Tavern. He also contributes essays on native plants to Hey, Smokies on-line travel magazine and writes monthly author biographies and discussion questions for the Classics Book Club of Sevier County. He is a member of West Virginia Writers Inc.Contact Info: 1111 Eagle View Drive, Kodak, TN (United States) 37764 865.932.4545 caprs9@bellsouth.netSocial Media Accounts: Spillwords Press: https://spillwords.com/?s=carl+parsons Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/carl.parsons.792 LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-parsons-753a7017/Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/Birthplace:Parkersburg, West Virginia, United StatesEducation: • BA (English), West Virginia University• MA (English), West Virginia University• PhD Course Work completed (English), University of Pittsburgh• MS (Manufacturing Management), Kettering UniversityLiterary Awards:* Contributor of the Year with Spillwords Press for serialized chapters of the family saga LOCUST HILL.* Gold Book Award from Literary Titan for TRIOS: DEATH, DECEIT, AND POLITICS, July 2023.Writing Experience:• Short Stories and Novelettes: o “Another Bus Ride for Sunny,” Spillwords Press, 2019.o “Judith and Phillip,” Foundling House, 2019.o “The Postmistress,” The Raven Review, 2020o “Regrets,” Spillwords Press, 2020.o Eros and Order and Hot Date (novelettes), Scars Publications, 2021.o “Disorder” (featured post) and “The Hermits of Locust Hill” (featured post), Spillwords Press, 2021. o “Disorder” nominated for “Post of the Month” by Spillwords Press editors, June, 2021.o Selected for “Spotlight on Authors” interview series by Spillwords Press editors, August 2021.o Penny Candy (novelette), Scars Publications, 2022.o Locust Hill (novel) serialized by Spillwords Press, 2022-23.o Contributor of the Year, Spillwords Press, 2023.o Trios: Death, Deceit, and Politics published by Wordwooze Publishing, 2023.• Assistant Editor for Fiction Magazines (later retitled Storyteller Magazine), 2015-17.• Member of West Virginia Writers, Inc., 2022Employment: • Retired from TRW Automotive. Served in various manufacturing management positions including Plant Manager and Engineering Manager (22 years of service).• Served as Adjunct Instructor in English at Walter State Community College, Sevierville, TN (6 years of service).Volunteer Work: • Master Gardener with University of Tennessee Extension Office, Sevier County, Tennessee, 2013 – present• Officer for Friends of the Kodak Library, 2016 - present• Member of Wild Ones, native plant society, 2018 - present • Coordinator for Classics Book Club of Sevier County (TN), 2012 - present• Past president (twice) of United Way Board of Sevier County • Former president of Sevierville Rotary Club• Former Member of Sevier County Economic Development Council, 1996 – 2007.• Elder, Lay Reader, and Eucharist Assistant for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.Read more about this authorRead less about this author