About Jerri
Jerri Gibson McCloud is an Author/Artist/Sculptor, and
manufacturer, creating and designing dolls.
Before closing their factory in the year 2000 due to imports from the
orient, she traveled the world with her dolls, shared them with hundreds of
souls, bringing sunshine into their lives and giving them something to love.
During her sculpting and design career, she won numerous
awards of excellence, which included the prestigious “Doty” award and
“Dolls Award of Excellence.” As a young child, she loved dolls and this
served well in her doll design career.
Her writing career actually began with sculpting and
design. She wrote stories to accompany her dolls in magazine advertisements on
the back cover of Doll Reader Magazine and Dolls Magazine for many
years. Unable to find a photographer early in the business that could photograph
a doll, like a person instead of a table, she learned the art of photography,
and designed and produced her own catalogs and advertisements. She created and
wrote Collector Society Newsletters, and organized and implemented a yearly
Jerri Collector’s Society Convention hosted in local hotels in Charlotte, NC.
Jerri traveled to numerous doll signings each year and
occasionally TV and speaking shows. Little did she realize that this training
came in handy when she attended her first book signing in Winnsboro, SC, for two
stories she wrote in The Great Depression - How we Coped, Worked and Played,
with Editor/Publisher Margaret Bigger of A. Borough Books.
After closing the manufacturing plant, Jerri undertook
the challenge of becoming a writer, sharing her stories—some happy, some
tragic, with all who would read.
While interviewing a cousin for the genealogy book, she
became intrigued with his experiences during WWII as a bombardier on a B-17
Flying Fortress. This inspired her to write a historical fiction novel which is
currently her WIP (work in progress).
Published Writings:
History and Legends of THE GIBSONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA Chester and Fairfield Counties by Jerri Gibson McCloud
A 556-page genealogy book, 8 x 10, hardback, library
quality, that took five years of investigation and writing.
Published in September 2003
THE KISSING BOUGH
An anthology edited by Judith Simpson
One story: “A ‘Thank You’ Christmas,” by Jerri Gibson McCloud
INHERITING SCOTLAND
An anthology edited by Terri Alsop –
Story: “The Luck of the Six Pence,” by Jerri
Gibson McCloud
THE GREAT DEPRESSION - HOW WE COPED, WORKED AND PLAYED
An anthology edited by Margaret Bigger - Published by A. Borough Books
Two stories:
“My Two Little Worlds,” by Jerri Gibson McCloud
“Let’s Play Make Believe,” by Jerri Gibson McCloud
Newsletter and Convention Book Clips
Jerri Gibson McCloud ©2005-08