Angela Correll
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Angela Correll is an American author, preservationist, and co-founder of Wilderness Road Hospitality.
Education
[edit]Angela has a bachelor's degree in communication from Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Kentucky.
Personal life
[edit]Angela lives on a farm in Central Kentucky with her entrepreneur husband, Jess.[1]
Career
[edit]Angela is the author of the "May Hollow Trilogy," which includes books, Grounded, Guarded, and Granted.[2]
All three books were adapted into plays for Danville, Kentucky's Pioneer Playhouse.[3]
As co-founder along with her husband, Jess, of Wilderness Road Hospitality, have worked to revitalize Kentucky's second oldest city, Stanford, by bringing hospitality businesses to Main Street, a portion of the old Wilderness Road.[4] Wilderness Road Hospitality includes Kentucky Soaps & Such [5] a goat milk soap factory and retail shop in Stanford, The Inn at Wilderness Road,[6] and the Bluebird, a farm-to-table restaurant in partnership with Executive Chef William Hawkins.[7]
Awards
[edit]Grounded, became an Amazon bestseller in 2014 in various categories of inspirational fiction. Groundedthe audiobook, was a finalist for the Audie Award in Inspirational Fiction for 2015,[8] and was nominated for Best Voiceover by the Society For Voice Arts and Sciences in the category of Audiobook Narration – Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction.[9]
Granted, was awarded the silver medal in Religious Fiction in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[10]
Preservation Kentucky, Bruckheimer Award for Historic Preservation in a Rural Community, 2013.[11]
Boyle Landmark Trust Preservation Award, 2014
Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation, Barbara Hulette Award, 2014 [12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Correll joins the ranks of Kentucky's most successful entrepreneurs". 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Kentucky author parlays her passion into successful enterprise". 21 December 2017.
- ^ ""Grounded" Opens July 7, an uplifting play about family, faith and the choices we make". Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ "Jess Correll: Stewarding the City | TwoTen Magazine".
- ^ "About Us | Kentucky Soaps and SuchKentucky Soaps and Such". kentuckysoapsandsuch.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22.
- ^ "About Us – Wilderness Road Guest Houses". wildernessroadguest.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-21.
- ^ "The Bluebird Takes Flight:The Creation of Stanford's Bluebird Café".
- ^ "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (En-US)". Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "2015 Nominees".
- ^ "2019 Medalists Cat 1-35".
- ^ "Preservation Kentucky to honor Gill Holland, August Brown Holland, Tim Peters, Lois Mateus and Whiskey Row - Insider Louisville". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "2010-2019".