Hilton Head Monthly Magazine

Local author Annette Newman Cheek’s new book, “Marsh Tacky Island,” is part Carolina history, part Southern recipe book, and part collection of short stories about growing up in the Lowcountry, when things were simple and when nature provided the playground. The book is due for a spring release. Annette and her family currently live near the May River. When not writing,

Cheek serves as a disaster workforce offcial with FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security.