Q&A: Jill Conner Browne, Author and Sweet Potato Queen
by Amy McCullough
Published: February 6,2011
Tags: Jill Conner Browne, Q&A, Sweet Potato Queens, Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love
MBJ gets all the credit Former stringer did OK despite misguided paper Jackson native Jill Conner Browne became an accidental author and published the “Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love” in 1999. She has written eight books and created a women’s movement that annually draws thousands to Jackson, providing an estimated multi-million dollar tourism impact. [...]
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