Fran Hawk writes the children's books column and travel stories for The Post and Courier. Her first children's book, "The Story of the H. L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin" was published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2004. She has worked at several local schools and currently serves as the librarian at Clark Corporate Academy, and magnet high school in Charleston County. She has four children and lives with her husband in Mount Pleasant.