Dorthy LaVern McCarthy
Dorthy LaVern McCarthy, pen name, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, has published six books of poetry and four books of short stories. Her stories have appeared in The Writers and Readers Magazine, An Anthology of Short Stories, edited by Jilly Snowden; Agape Review; Meadowlark Reader; and From The Shadows, an anthology edited by Amanda Steel and others. She has won over five hundred state awards and thirty-eight national awards for her poetry.
