NEVILLE NAMED GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR FOR MEMOIR, 'MOMMA MAY BE MAD'

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 2 -- Georgia College & State University issued the following news release:

By Gil Pound

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or the second year in a row, a Georgia College & State University faculty member has been named a Georgia Author of the Year.

Dr. Kerry Neville, interim chair of the Department of Communication and associate professor of English, earned Author of the Year acclaim for her memoir "Momma May Be Mad." Published in October 2025, Neville's work takes readers on a nonlinear journey through various trials she faced in life, including diagnoses of bipolar disorder, anorexia, alcoholism and being labeled a "hopeless case" by her psychiatrist.

"Part of why I wrote the book was for people to understand we have the power of self-defini...