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Celestine Sibley (Born May 23, 1917, in Holly, Florida, and died on August 15, 1999, on Dog Island, Florida) was an American journalist and author based in Atlanta.
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- Celestine sibley hall of fame video
- 2018 03 21 Celestine Sibley A Tribute
- Selected Writing
- Kate Mulcay mystery novels
- Awards
- References
A friend of Margaret Mitchell in the 1940s, Sibley wrote for the Atlanta Constitution from 1941 to 1999, and from 1944 was chiefly known as a columnist. She wrote 25 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including mystery novels.
She covered the Georgia General Assembly as a reporter, and in 2000, the press gallery in the Georgia House of Representatives was named in her honor. She won the first Townsend Prize for Fiction in 1982 for her book Children, My Children. She attended Spring Hill College and the University of Florida.
Sibley's granddaughter, Sibley Fleming, wrote a book about her grandmother, Celestine Sibley: A Granddaughter's Reminiscence. (2000)
Celestine Sibley and Sibley Fleming co-edited a collection of Sibley's writings, The Celestine Sibley Sampler: Writings & Photographs With Tributes to the Beloved Author and Journalist. (1997)