Sybil Austin Skakle

Sybil Austin Skakle was born on January 10, 1926 in Hatteras, North Carolina. She graduated from Hatteras High School in 1943 and was awarded BS Pharmacy degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1949. She was employed as a hospital pharmacist for 23 years.

She retired in 1990 and began to write and publish books: 2001, Searchings, a book of poetry; 2002, Confessions of an Outer Banks Filly, stories of growing up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; 2009, Valley of the Shadow, a journey through grief. Her latest book was published in April 2014 named What Came Next, a memoir.

She was a church-school teacher, a volunteer for her church choir and a local non-profit entertainment group. She enjoys traveling, music, reading, and people. She was widowed in 1980; her three sons are grown now. She worked and wrote for love of word and expression.