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Gwen King loved to tell stories.
Even though she was born in Philadelphia in 1951, the audiences she captivated most resided right here in the Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District.
Ever since the early ’80s, when she moved to Round Rock and began working in the area, at times as a librarian, other times as an educational assistant, and still other times for the local newspaper, she was most known for her storytelling ability.
Her son, Brad King, said Gwen’s storytelling was something he always experienced growing up.
“My mother was … an elementary school storyteller. She was a librarian for many years,” Brad said. “So, her stories were very geared towards children, but also they engaged adults and got them involved. I feel like her storytelling was just as much physical as it was verbal.”
Fact or fiction, stories were Gwen’s art form, and her audiences were usually sizeable.
She helmed a weekly column called the Brushy Creek Beat in the Round Rock Leader, the area’s newspaper of record. At the schools where she worked, she focused her craft more on the fantastic adventures of her pet cats, among other topics.
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