The Power in Calling a Name

Rhondda Robinson Thomas was born in Spartanburg, but grew up mainly in Georgia and North Carolina.

Throughout her childhood, she honed her love of creating stories about kith and kin while listening to relatives recall life experiences, mostly around the dinner table. She unexpectedly ended up back in South Carolina in 2007 when she accepted a job at Clemson University where she is currently the Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature.