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| 2 | 2 | | Senate Resolution 78 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Senators Watson of the 1st, Hickman of the 4th, Hodges of the 3rd, Kennedy of the 18th, |
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| 4 | 4 | | Burns of the 23rd and others |
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| 5 | 5 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | Recognizing and commending Kathy Hogan Trocheck, who is also recognized |
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| 8 | 8 | | internationally under the pen name Mary Kay Andrews; and for other purposes.2 |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mary Kay Andrews earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University3 |
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| 10 | 10 | | of Georgia and embarked on a 14-year career as a reporter at newspapers such as The4 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution5 |
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| 12 | 12 | | before leaving journalism in 1991 to write fiction; and6 |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mary Kay Andrews is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels,7 |
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| 14 | 14 | | including The Homewreckers; The Santa Suit; The Newcomer; Hello, Summer; Sunset Beach;8 |
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| 15 | 15 | | The High Tide Club; The Weekenders; Beach Town; Save the Date; Ladies' Night; Christmas9 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Bliss; Spring Fever; Summer Rental; The Fixer Upper; Deep Dish; Blue Christmas;10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Savannah Breeze; Hissy Fit; Little Bitty Lies; and Savannah Blues, as well as one cookbook,11 |
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| 18 | 18 | | The Beach House Cookbook; and12 |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, after her first novel, Every Crooked Nanny, was published in 1992 by13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | HarperCollins, she went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name,14 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Kathy Hogan Trocheck; and15 |
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| 22 | 22 | | S. R. 78 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, in 2002, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Savannah Blues, and in 2006, her novel Hissy Fit became her first New York Times17 |
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| 27 | 27 | | bestseller, followed by 15 more New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly18 |
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| 28 | 28 | | bestsellers; and19 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, her Georgia-based novels have promoted the state and Southern culture to the20 |
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| 30 | 30 | | world, having been published in German, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Dutch,21 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Czech, and Japanese; and22 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, she and her family divide their time between Atlanta and Tybee Island, Georgia,23 |
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| 33 | 33 | | where they enjoy cooking up new recipes in three restored beach homes—The Breeze Inn,24 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Ebbtide, and Coquina Cottage—all named after fictional places in Mary Kay Andrews'25 |
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| 35 | 35 | | novels and available for rent through Tybee Vacation Rentals; and26 |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, in between cooking, spoiling her grandchildren, and plotting her next novel,27 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Mary Kay Andrews is an intrepid treasure hunter who enjoys junking and fixing up old28 |
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| 38 | 38 | | houses; and29 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, she brings joy and happiness to her family, her many friends and neighbors who30 |
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| 40 | 40 | | have the pleasure of knowing her, and millions of readers across the world who are31 |
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| 41 | 41 | | transported by her novels to welcoming beaches, charming Southern towns, and large32 |
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| 42 | 42 | | personalities who can really those who throw humdinger hissy fits; and33 |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this34 |
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| 44 | 44 | | remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.35 |
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| 45 | 45 | | S. R. 78 |
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| 47 | 47 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body |
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| 49 | 49 | | recognize and commend Kathy Hogan Trocheck, also known worldwide as Mary Kay37 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Andrews, for her many outstanding accomplishments and extend best wishes for continued38 |
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| 51 | 51 | | health and happiness.39 |
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| 52 | 52 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed40 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Kathy Hogan41 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Trocheck.42 |
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| 55 | 55 | | S. R. 78 |
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