Stephanie Hunt

1 week ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

The enchanting island of Sri Lanka has been known by many names. While under British rule for 133 years it was Ceylon, but long before that, the ancient Persians dubbed this teardrop at the heart of the Spice Route and maritime Silk Road “Serendip”. Ah yes, serendipity—land of happy, unexpected discoveries. The Persians got it right, I discovered, when I ventured there a few months ago in search of tea.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Stephanie Hunt

WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS. By Grady Hendrix. Berkley. 496 pages. $30. The Charleston region has its share of homegrown authors, but there’s only one Grady Hendrix. You’ll find no Pat Conroy comparisons, no reviews suggesting any facsimile to being a Lowcountry writer, even though three of his eight novels (each headed to the big screen) have been set here. In fact, it’s impossible to peg Hendrix at all. Yes, his genre is horror, but horror for non-horror readers (the tofu of horror?

1 month ago | veranda.com | Stephanie Hunt

Growing up, vacations meant piling in the station wagon, enduring my parents’ cigarette smoke and hours of radio static. If lucky, we’d score fries at a McDonald’s pitstop before arriving at some mediocre motel. To me, road trips conjured “hush up and don’t complain” compliance—a far cry from what the wanderlust quenchers at Relais & Chateaux have dubbed a Route de Bonheur (the road to happiness).

1 month ago | superlawyers.com | Stephanie Hunt

Before advising entrepreneurs, Bijan Ghom was one himself Published in 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine By Stephanie Hunt on April 25, 2025 Don’t bet against Bijan Ghom.

1 month ago | superlawyers.com | Stephanie Hunt

The diagnosis and denials that determined a career path for Trey Mills Published in 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine By Stephanie Hunt on April 24, 2025 Trey Mills can still hear the sound of his mother’s scream—the unforgettable, high-pitched sound of fear, disbelief, uncertainty and heartbreak, all in one. It more than startled Mills, then a Mid-Carolina High School student just back from an invigorating summer at Boys State, where his future was looking bright and his basketball...