Sullivan's Island Magazine Spring/Summer 2019

16 www.SullivansIslandMagazine.com | www.SullivansIslandHomes.com Q&A with Dorothea Benton Frank D orothea Benton Frank’s first book, “Sullivan’s Island,” debuted as No. 9 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2000 and has sold more than one million copies. Since then, she has written more than a dozen others that have also made the list – entertaining fiction, which takes place right here in the Lowcountry. We had the pleasure of asking her about her work and life on this wonderful island where she was raised and still calls “home.” By Anne Shuler Toole Canwe call you Dottie? Sure! You’re a Sullivan’s Island native – what are a fewof your favoritememories about life on the island as a child? That it was 100 percent safe, and, as children, we ran or biked from one end to the other all summer long, gathering wild blackberries and plums. Also, there was Photo by Meg Harris.