Celia Rivenbark
Celia Rivenbark
Celia Rivenbark is humor columnist and author. She was born in Duplin County, North Carolina, where she remained for most of her life. She continued to live in the country side of Duplin County and away from urban life. Having completed twenty-one years of journalism, she married Scott Whisnant, a sportswriter at the time and now the Director of Government Relations for New Hanover Health Network. Scott Whisnant authored Innocent Victims, which was a bestseller. Currently, Celia Rivenbark resides in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.
Sometimes, at parties, people demand I tell a joke. It's like pointing a gun at my feet and telling me to dance.
I don't have a college degree. I started working at 19 on a tiny newspaper. I've covered everything from weddings to crime to criminal weddings.