Gerald D. Swick

GERALD D. SWICK is a historian, editor, and graduate of Fairmont State College whose work has appeared in The West Virginia Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of World War II. He is the author of the West Virginia Histories book series.

Swick has received a West Virginia Humanities Council Literary Fellowship in Nonfiction and an Associated Press Lifestyles excellence in journalism award. He served as senior online editor for ArmchairGeneral.com and HistoryNet.com, and as web editor for the Weider History Group.

When not writing, Swick has worked as a museum attendant at Stonewall Jackson’s Boyhood Homesite and as Fairmont’s Main Street director. That grounding in regional history and public service runs throughout his work.

Gerald was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and maintains a blog at geralddswick.com.

Gerald D. Swick’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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