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About Curt Iles and Creekbank Stories

 

Curt Iles is a writer and speaker from Dry Creek, Louisiana. He is the author of nineteen independently published books, including four novels. Curt is an eighth-generation Louisianian and a proud Southern writer.

Curt is a storyteller from a culture of storytellers.

His books and stories have one thing in common: celebrating the beauty, culture, people, and stories of the Louisiana Pineywoods.

Curt is a popular speaker who knows how to connect with audiences such as schools, homeschoolers, civic clubs, church groups, and libraries.

View the Creekbank Speaker Page.

His many hobbies include history, mentoring younger men, birding, trekking, pondering, and making rich memories with his family. Curt Iles is a “Friend Collector” who lives by beliefs such as “If you like people, people will like you,” and “You can’t have too many friends.”

Curt Iles’s values, rock-solid beliefs, and priorities are listed on his detailed Life Plan. 

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Curt Iles

Curt is passionate about sharing the unique area that has been his lifetime home: the Pineywoods region of western Louisiana. It is a unique area, often called “No Man’s Land” as well as the “Outlaw Strip.” He writes about its history, culture, and people.

He is a storyteller and is always searching for remarkable stories, especially those that reflect his culture, natural beauty, history, and the good people of Louisiana.

. You can read many of these stories in his over 1600 blog posts at www.creekbank.net/blog.

Creekbank Stories

Creekbank Stories is Curt’s writing platform, featuring eighteen books including four novels, over 1600 blog posts, and popular social media platforms.

Background

Curt Iles is a native of Dry Creek, a small Piney Woods community in western Louisiana.

After graduating from East Beauregard High School, he attended Louisiana College, a small liberal arts college in Louisiana.

It was there that many life-changing events took place, primarily meeting his wife, DeDe.

They raised three three sons, Clay, Clint, and Terry, in the nurturing community called Dry Creek. DeDe continued a career in school teaching.

While Curt moved from Coach/Teacher to Principal, and camp manager.

In 2012, Curt and DeDe sold their house and moved to  Uganda, Africa, where they spent three years researching unreached people groups for the International Mission Board.

Upon our return to the United States in 2015, they settled in the central Louisiana town of Alexandria, near our nine grandchildren.

DeDe continues to teach while Curt fulfills his call to write and publish.

Trampled Grass share stories from their African sojourn.

Curt considers himself a dual citizen. For the first time in his life, he lives in a city, Alexandria, Louisiana.

However, he maintains his deep Dry Creek roots due to his mother, family land, and lifetime friendships.