Fred First has been a physical therapist and biology teacher. He still doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up, but it will include the written and spoken word and digital photography. His blog, Fragments from Floyd, lead to his first book, Slow Road Home--a Blue Ridge Book of Days. His next book will deal with nature and place and be full-color. Fred and his wife have been Floyd County residents since 1997, enjoying both the community and solitude of the southern mountains way of life.

Visit Fred's website below:

Contact: Colleen Redman

Members of the Floyd Writer's Circle are:

Jayn Avery
Fred First
Katherine Chantal
McCabe Coolidge
Kathleen Ingoldsby
Colleen Redman
Mara Eve Robbins
Rima Forrest Sulzen
Doug Thompson
Rosemary Wyman