Mattie WrightMattie Wright, a master story-teller, grew up in Alabama during the Great Depression. Inspired by her grandfather, William R. Zander, who would spin yarns as they sat around the fireplace, Mattie found much pleasure in reading and making up stories fr her younger siblings. Mattie Wright's career in storytelling has spanned several generations. She devoted her life to helping her family and others learn how to improve themselves intellectually, mentally and morally. Her story telling inspired her daughter, Josan Wright Callender, to collaborate on a character she created, The Happy Little Garbage Truck, and a novel about her teen years: the soon to be released Young Adult novel, Making Do: Growing Up Colored During the Great Depression in the Jim Crow South. Read More Read Less