Vivian Gibson was raised on Bernard Street in Mill Creek Valley—454 acres in the heart of downtown St. Louis that comprised the nation's largest urban-renewal project beginning in 1959. She started writing short stories about her childhood memories of the dying community after retiring at age 66. Her memoir, "The Last Children of Mill Creek," was published by Belt in the spring of 2020. Miranda Rechtenwald talks to her about her new book, St. Louis history, and more.

Vivian's website
https://www.vivian-gibson.com

BELT Publishing Author's Page
https://beltpublishing.com/products/the-last-children-of-mill-creek

St. Louis on the Air interview
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-04-15/in-the-last-children-of-mill-creek-vivian-gibson-portrays-a-vanished-st-louis-neighborhood

St. Louis American on "The Last Children of Mill Creek"
http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/author-and-st-louis-native-vivian-gibson-to-discuss-new-memoir-on-left-bank-books/article_1081609a-951a-11ea-a28e-37b09b39b132.html

St. Louis Magazine review of "The Last Children of Mill Creek"
https://www.stlmag.com/history/vivian-gibson-the-last-children-of-mill-creek/