Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgann Eubanks graduated from Duke  University in public policy studies and has published poetry, fiction, and nonfiction over the years. She was director of the Duke Writers Workshop for 20 years, and then launched the Table Rock Writers Workshop, still held each fall in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

With video producer and photographer Donna Campbell, she has helped create a variety of long-form documentary films for PBS-North Carolina and other organizations through Minnow Media, LLC.

Georgann is a popular speaker on North Carolina history and literature. Over the years she has served as president of statewide organizations including the North  Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Arts North Carolina, and Humanities North Carolina. She is also on the board of the North Caroliniana Society.

Georgann divides her time between Carrboro in the North Carolina Piedmont and Little Switzerland, a village on the Blue Ridge Parkway. She serves part time as the literary executor and executive director of the Paul Green Foundation.