About me

Bev Hamel is a recovered corporate executive and now owns and operates an antique shop in the tiny Historic and National Landmark town of Bethania, North Carolina. She lives above the shop with her husband, two girls, three cats, a Yorkie Puppy in training, and a Dwarf Bunny who is genitically confused.  The shop is actually a front for her writing and teaching endeavors. She is a freelance writer and has published short stories, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, local newspaper articles and was editor for an area women’s magazine. Bev has just completed her MFA at GoddardCollege and her first fiction novel Daughter of the Seven Fires and is busily  working on 2nd - The Wounded Girls Club,  3rd – When Society Reigned, and 4th – The Wreck of the Independence. Her first nonfiction novel Bethania: The Village by the Black Walnut Bottm will be published in 2009 by the History Press.

	The Motley Crew   Blue Ridge Parkway "Mom, are we lost yet?" "No, but I am."
	Princess Zoe A.K.A. Zoe Zoe A.K.A. The Zoester "I wonder if I'll be like them when I grew up?"
	Ziggy A.K.A. The Boy A.K.A. The Zigster    "Zoe gave me her bear because I like to wear pink."
	Aggie A.K.A. Agusta Phillomena A.K.A. The Aggie Bagster "Hey you guys, quiet. I'm trying to sleep." Our beloved Aggie passed away in late August. We will miss her.
	Dezzie A.K.A. The Cat in a Bowl A.K.A. The Dezzter "This is the only safe place in this mad house."
	Izzie A.K.A. The Cat in a Window A.K.A. I Be the Queen "Court is now in session. Bow."
	Chloe A.K.A. Hossenfeffer A.K.A. Honey Bunny "I thought I saw a puddy cat. Are you my mommy?"