Ken Burger

Ken Burger spent almost 40 years writing for two South Carolina newspapers, a career that included stints covering sports, business, politics and life in the Palmetto State. Burger has won numerous statewide writing awards, including S.C. Journalist of the Year in 1996, and was named one of the nation's best sports columnists three times. His first novel, "Swallow Savannah," was released in 2008; his second, "Sister Santee," in 2010. Both novels were touted as among the best in Southern fiction...See more

Ken Burger spent almost 40 years writing for two South Carolina newspapers, a career that included stints covering sports, business, politics and life in the Palmetto State. Burger has won numerous statewide writing awards, including S.C. Journalist of the Year in 1996, and was named one of the nation's best sports columnists three times. His first novel, "Swallow Savannah," was released in 2008; his second, "Sister Santee," in 2010. Both novels were touted as among the best in Southern fiction by the Independent Publishers Association. Burger's most recent success, "Baptized in Sweet Tea," won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Gift Book in 2011 by the Independent Book Publisher Association. This award-winning compilation of his best columns featured in The Post and Courier commemorates Southern identity and culture. In retirement, Ken entertains himself and others with a blog at www.kenburgerblog.com. Born and raised in Allendale, S.C., Burger graduated dead last in his class at the University of Georgia, has been married five times, is a gratefully recovering alcoholic, a cancer survivor, and a happy man. See less