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Journalist (US News, The Economist, to name a few). Author. Two books to my name: Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt and 1000 Best Bartender's Recipes. Currently working on a novel.All around pig-tail troublemaker creating chaos. AKA Babysham to kickballers. Life's landscape is best dotted with danger. A girl in trouble needs a hundred disguises.Oh, and I'm a video star:

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Cocktail Book Featured on KATV

The Little Black Dress Brigade, a floral design, wedding and party management company, will be featuring my book "1000 Best Bartender's Recipes" on KATV's Saturday Daybreak this Saturday, Dec. 13th.Th...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Taking a punt / The Economist

Arkansas's lotteryTaking a puntNov 20th 2008 | LITTLE ROCKFrom The Economist print editionOne of America's poorest states takes the plungeARKANSANS love gambling, but they have never been allowed to i...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:48:00 GMT

Happy birthday, Barbie / The World in 2009

Check out my story about Barbie's 50th anniversary in The World in 2009, a special yearly publication of The Economist that is sold in 90 countries and translated into around 20 languages.
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:18:00 GMT

Echo Ellis in the News

PAPER TRAILS: Local writer may have a book on TVBy Linda CaillouetFrom Nov. 10, 2008 Arkansas Democrat-GazetteLittle Rock freelance writer Suzi Parker's nonfiction book Sex in the South: Unbuckling th...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:40:00 GMT

My Personal Boycott -- The Whitewater Tavern

I will likely never go to Whitewater Tavern again.Many of you know how much I love Duran Duran. But even if they were playing at Whitewater, I would likely not go there. On Saturday night, I went...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Echo Ellis, Girl Reporter

Good newsthe novel is done!  Finished!  The End!  It landed in NYC this week.If you aren't already a friend of the main character of the book, you should be.Her name is Echo Ellis and ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:33:00 GMT

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, Together Again in Arkansas/ US News

Arkansas could go blue if left up to the Clintons. It hasn't since 1996, when native son Bill Clinton was up for re-election, but Democrats are giving it their all. Hillary Clinton returns to Arkansas...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:04:00 GMT

The Jokester: James Carville Hits McCain for His Age, Selection of Palin / US News ...

If politics doesn't work out, James Carville, the Rajun' Cajun who made Bill Clinton, could have a career in comedy. Our Suzi Parker attended his one-liner-thon this week at Little Rock's Philander Sm...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Pentagon Spokesman Goes Back to Bill Clinton’s Little Rock/US News and World Report

It all begins in Bill Clinton's Little Rock. Who knew Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon's press secretary, got his start covering Clinton back in the early 1990s when he was just 23? That is just one of the...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:29:00 GMT

Sarah Palin Can Be Your Own Personal Barbie/Alternet

Check out my latest story on Sarah Palin's similarities to Barbie at: http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/98608/sarah_pali n_can_be_your_own_personal_barbie/ Whether you agree or disagree, feel...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT