Charlsie Russell grew up reading Zane Grey, Max Brand, and Frank Yerby and since her teenage years, her tastes have expanded to romance, mystery, and non-fiction, particularly history. Once she retired from the Navy and her children became semi-independent, she delved into writing the kind of fiction she likes to read. After seven years of rejection, she woke up one morning and decided she did not have enough years left on this planet to sit back and hope a New York publisher would one day take a chance on her novels. Thus resolved, she expanded her horizons into the publishing realm with the creation of Loblolly Writer's House, her independent press in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Charlsie Russell's first title from Loblolly Writer's House, The Devil's Bastard, is a 2007 Independent Publishers Book Award bronze medal winner for excellance in Independent publishing.

My second novel is Wolf Dawson, set at the close of Congressional Reconstruction in Mississippi and I am presently at work on my third novel, another mystery/suspense, set on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at the close of the 19th century.

Loblolly Writer's House
Home site for Loblolly Writer's House, an independent press featuring the work of author/publisher, Charlsie Russell

Loblolly Writer's House
Newsletter and links to Loblolly Writer's House pages dealing with self-publishing, marketing, typography, page and cover design.

Loblolly Writer's House
The website includes a History Page with links to a series of history articles written by Charlsie Russell. The articles deal mostly with Mississippi and the South.