A Georgia native, Rodney’s business career included a variety of senior management positions and consulting engagements in companies and industries ranging from startups to Fortune 50 firms.
A graduate of the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, in 2005 Rodney authored Leading Your Business to the Next Level…the Six Core Disciplines of Sustained Profitable Growth, a hands-on guide for companies navigating the perils and pitfalls of a high growth environment.
Published in Spring 2016, Murcheson County, a sweeping saga of four families in antebellum Georgia, spans sixty years during our country’s most turbulent times.
And, The Fourth Partner, a murder mystery set on the Georgia coast, launched in September 2016.
The Indomitable Ms. Smythe, a suspense/action/thriller chronicling the exploits of a feisty and irreverent congresswoman and her brother, a CIA operative, launched in June 2017.
Lastly, Macon - the Novel, a dark story of murder and cover-up in the deep South in the 60s, was published in July 2018.
Rodney's short stories are included in several anthologies.
Projects currently underway include: By the People, For the People, a political thriller, and an anthology of short stories.
Rodney's books are published under the general theme, 'Southern Voices'...characters that showcase Southerners' wit and wisdom, uncommon common sense, little use for the conventional and boundless resilience.
Rodney lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina. His passions include woodworking, history, R&B guitar and bass guitar, and, of course, University of Georgia football.