Welcome!

I’m glad you’re here. My name is Donny Bailey Seagraves and I’m a published children’s book author living in Athens, Georgia, about 65 miles from Atlanta.

I am an Athens native and for many years lived in the nearby small town of Winterville. My debut children’s middle grade novel, Gone From These Woods, which is set in the woods of North Georgia, was published by Penguin Random House. Find out more about this coming-of-age novel here.

If you’re interested in learning how I got published by Random House without an agent and after many years of rejection, read my article in The Writer magazine.

To read some of my other published work, including magazine articles and newspaper columns, visit the writing page.

Interested in an author visit? Send me a message to schedule a visit to your school, library, writer’s conference or other event.

I love to hear from readers and writers of all ages. Use my contact form to send me a message.

When I’m not writing, I work in my business, Junebug Books and Collectibles, which I founded in 1998. To find out more about my business, go to the junebugbooksandcollectibles.com website or visit my booths G-4 and J-14 at 590 Olympic Dr.,Athens, Georgia 30601.