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Mae Catherine Godhigh

Born: 1954 in Peoria, IL
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Mae Catherine lives in Peoria, IL.

Biography: Mae Catherine Godhigh is a staff writer for the Peoria Traveler Weekly Newspaper. A native of Peoria, Illinois; she is the eldest of six children in a black working-class family. As a child, she displayed an early interest in literature.She made her debut as a Christian author in 2008 with her first book, ''Back Porch Watermelon''. In 2012, she published her second book, ''Articles of a Church Predator''. APC continues to open doors to numerous speaking engagements and conferences. Two of her books are listed on the International market. Godhigh has prodigious research about civil rights activism and martyrs as well as about her family's personal journey in the violence of those times. After the publication of her third book, ''Uncle Peaches & Neme Poetry Cafe Au lait Volume 1'', she soon gained the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America. For additional information and purchase of her books, please visit Mae Catherine [mailto:Godhigh@amazon.com Godhigh@amazon.com].


Awards:
  • Back Porch Watermelon deGrummond Children's Literature Collection, McCain Library and Archives at the University of Mississippi, Peoria Lincoln Branch Library, Library of Congress
  • Other Honors and Awards Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Celebrity Author, Illinois Reading Room, Library of Congress, Peoria Lincoln Branch Library, New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, Rudisell Regional Library Greenwood Branch, Tulsa Oklahoma ; Peoria Historical Sociaty, Volunteer of the Year Award, 2024

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

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Selected Titles

Articles of a Church Predator
ISBN: 0615642780 OCLC:

Mae Catherine Godhigh 2012

Articles of a Church Predator gives precise insight into the dark forces which have penetrated our churches. For the benefit of the Body, the author strategically identifies these church predators for the purpose of exposing the operations of the enemy, and rescuing souls from the enemy's grasp. To those who read this book and apply its wise principles-the same will be saved from spiritual entrapments.

Back Porch Watermelon
ISBN: 9781616584078 OCLC: 706076366

Out of Isreal Publications, Peoria, IL : ©2006.

Uncle Peaches & Nem Poetry Cafe Au Lait Volume 1
ISBN: 0615828108 OCLC:

Mae Catherine Godhigh 2013

Uncle Peaches & Nem Poetry Cafe' Au lait Volume 1 is a startling poetic account of forgotten artocities committed through diaspora. It challenges and reinterprets a host of issues related to the struggles of African-Americans and Everyday-ness. Embark upon the journey, relive the laughter, the memories of our ancestors, the horror and the tears of a people who refused to

 

 

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