Early Years
Shamblin is a registered dietitian, consultant, and was an instructor of food and nutrition at the University of Memphis for five years. She also worked in the state health department for an additional five years. Before she started writing, she earned an undergraduate degree in dietetics from University of Tennessee, in Knoxville and then her master's degree in food and nutrition from the University of Memphis.
Shamblin and her husband David have been married for over 25 years and have two grown children and six grandchildren. Shamblin resides in an historic mansion known as Ashlawn built in the early 1800s in Brentwood, Tennessee.
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