​​Cothran is a reader, a writer, a traveler, a hiker, a certified astrologer, and a South Carolina Barbecue judge. She enjoys yoga, tennis, and watching football, especially the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Baltimore Ravens. Words and language are her playing field. If required, she can order a beer in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English. 

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She is always up for the next adventure, inside and out. She has done stand-up comedy and Improv. She has three tattoos, knows how to snowboard, drive a motorcycle, and has paddled the Okefenokee, Magpie River, Futalafu, and the Colorado River.

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She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned an M.A. in environmental science and policy from The Johns Hopkins University. She has completed the Racial Equity Institute and Love as a Kind of Cure coursework. If she’s not woke yet, she’s trying to be an ally.

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She is mom to a very bossy Pomeranian and two lovely humans.

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She is an alumnus of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, a member of the South Carolina Writers Association, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and the United States Tennis Association. She’s on Instagram @cmcothranwriter.

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She spent most of her career in marketing and fundraising for environmental non-profit organizations. In this capacity, she became used to being underpaid, which was excellent preparation for being an author.