Theresa Parker Pierce is an aspiring Writer, Speaker and Historian who lives in Historic Salisbury, N.C.
She has 35 years of experience teaching reading and history in both private and public schools and is a two-time Rowan Salisbury Teacher of the Year.
Theresa enjoys storytelling about her childhood in eastern North Carolina and the history of Rowan County.
Theresa is a member of Word Weavers International, Blue Ridge Christian Writers, Room at the Table, and the 540 Writing Club.
She writes monthly for Senior Savvy magazine.
She shares her volunteer time between the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer and the Rowan Museum in Salisbury.
Theresa speaks in schools and civic groups making use of the skills learned from Toastmasters.
Theresa’s manuscript, Up Dunn's Mountain won first place for Young Adult Literature at Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference in 2020.
Her poem Mrs. Claus Bakes was published in Christmas Spirit.
The sales of this collection will benefit Samaritan’s Purse.
Most recently, Theresa contributed three real-life stories in Room at the Table, Encouraging Stories from Special Needs Families, published in the fall of 2022.