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Dorothea Benton Frank (born 1951)^[1] is a best-selling American novelist.^[2] Her novels, including Porch Lights and By Invitation Only, are set in South Carolina.^[3][4]

Early years and education

Dorothea Benton Frank was born and grew up on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina.^[5] She attended Bishop England High School in Charleston, and then General William Moultrie High School, from where she graduated in 1969. She went on to become a graduate of the Fashion Institute of America in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1972.^[1]

Works

Lowcountry Tales series

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  Sullivan's Island: A Low Country Tale, Jove Berkley Publishing Group, 1999, .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
  ISBN 978-0739408377
  


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  Plantation, Jove Books, 2001,
  ISBN 978-0739417034
  


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  Isle of Palms: A Lowcountry Tale, Thorndike Press, 2003,
  ISBN 978-0786258765
  


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  Shem Creek: A Lowcountry Tale, Berkley Hardcover, 2004,
  ISBN 978-0425196083
  


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  Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale, Berkley Books, 2005,
  ISBN 978-0425202715
  


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  Return to Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales), William Morrow, 2009,
  ISBN 978-0061438455
  


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  Lowcountry Summer, William Morrow, 2010,
  ISBN 978-0061961175
  


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  Folly Beach: A Lowcountry Tale, William Morrow, 2011
  ISBN 978-0061961274
  


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  The Hurricane Sisters, William Morrow, 2014,
  ISBN 978-0062132529
  


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  Same Beach, Next Year, William Morrow, 2017,
  ISBN 978-0062390783
  

Novels

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  Full of Grace, William Morrow, 2006,
  ISBN 978-0060892357
  


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  The Land of Mango Sunsets, William Morrow, 2007,
  ISBN 978-0739484654
  


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  Bulls Island, William Morrow, 2008,
  ISBN 978-0061438431
  


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  The Christmas Pearl, William Morrow, 2008,
  ISBN 978-0739488553
  


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  Porch Lights, William Morrow, 2012,
  ISBN 978-0061961298
  


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  The Last Original Wife, William Morrow, 2013,
  ISBN 978-0062132468
  


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  All the Single Ladies, William Morrow, 2015,
  ISBN 978-0062132567
  


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  All Summer Long, William Morrow, 2016,
  ISBN 978-0062390752
  


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  By Invitation Only, William Morrow, 2018,
  ISBN 978-0062390820
  

References

External links

• Official website


• Lynn Hamilton, "Dorothea Benton Frank: Frankly speaking" (interview), BookPage, April 2007.