Writers
Helen Chappell
Tidewater Times columnist, recovering reporter, and writer of books, Helen Chappell has covered Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore for a variety of periodicals, including the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
Her writing has received grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Sumner T. McKnight Foundation. Her journalism was recognized with the A.E. Emmart Award for Excellence in Writing on the Humanities in Maryland and the Jane Austen Society of Maryland's Jane Award for 1994.
Chappell is the creator of the Sam And Hollis mystery series, and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Baldwin, she has published a number of historical novels.
Marc Teffeau
K. Marc Teffeau has been contributing Tidewater Gardening to the Tidewater Times since 1989. He is a Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturalist with over 30 year’s experience in horticulture. He is currently Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs with the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA) in Washington, D.C. Prior to going with ANLA he retired from a career with the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension as Professor and Regional Extension Specialist for Commercial Horticulture at the Wye Research and Education Center and as county and area Extension Horticulture Agent in Talbot County. Marc has B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Maryland – College Park. He resides in Bethlehem (Caroline County) with his wife Linda.
Pamela Doyle
Pamela Doyle, formerly Denver's NBC Channel 9 Children's Chef, is now teaching both adult and children's cooking classes in the south shore of Massachusetts. The growing gourmets learn nutrition, safety, new foods,
cooking math, science and basic etiquette. The adult classes are based on tips and techniques so the home cook will have a new appreciation for cooking and creating it into their own lives. Presentation is a huge part of who I am and how my food is put together, I think if it is appealing there is more enjoyment. Pamela continues to take cooking classes as she travels with her family.
Hal Roth
Our Hal Roth is not the Hal Roth, author of numerous sailing books, who recently passed away. People really get confused about that. Our Hal Roth was born and raised in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, earned a BA degree from Muhlenberg College and a MEd degree from the University of Maryland. Hal moved to Maryland in 1957 and served in a variety of administrative and supervisory positions with the Anne Arundel County Board of Education. Hal bought a home in Dorchester County in 1971 and moved here full time in 1989.
Since December 1996, Hal has been writing Eastern Shore history articles for Tidewater Times and has written a number of books on Delmarva history, oral history and folklore.
His books include: Conversations in a Country Store, You Can't Never Get to Puckum, The Monster's Handsome Face, You Still Can't Get to Puckum, In Days Gone By, Two Pieces of Clothes, and Now This is the Truthxand other lies. Hal also edited a new edition of George Alfred Townsend's historical novel, The Entailed Hat and a collection, Stories of the Eastern Shore, by John S. Hill.
Anne Stinson
Anne Stinson describes herself as a wordsmith, a passion that includes writing as an offshoot. She began in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-American and after moving to Talbot County in the 70s for Chesapeake Publishing, first as editor of Dorchester News, then on the staff of the Star-Democrat in 1975 when the paper changed from a weekly to a daily.
At the same time, she wrote feature stories and op-ed pieces for the Baltimore Sun and appeared on Maryland Public Television’s panel show, Maryland Newsrap for six years in the 80s. She also endured a brief lapse of sanity, she says, to work as a press secretary for a congressman. Her first story for Tidewater Times was a mid-70s profile of an ornery rooster named Gomer.
Now in her ninth decade, she still writes a monthly book review for Tidewater Times. She’s also a fair to middling cook, furniture maker, voracious reader, know-it-all, adoring grandmother, terrible piano player and gut bucket virtuoso. Â
George Sellers
George Sellers is a Certified Travel Counselor and Accredited Cruise Counselor who operates the popular travel website and travel planning service www.SellersTravel.com. George also teaches part time basic computer classes for the Continuing Education department at Chesapeake College. Comments or suggestions about Tidewater Travel articles may be directed to George@SellersTravel.com.
Dick Cooper
Dick has written articles for us periodically, but now you'll see his work every month. Dick spent 36 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, and in 1972 won the Pulitzer Prize for General Local Reporting. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Michaels, Maryland. He can be reached at dickcooper@dickcoopermediaassociates.com.
