Sellers, known for her poems about life in southern Appalachia, taught English at Young Harris College for 32 years. Her published works include four volumes of poetry: Spring Onions and Cornbread, Morning of the Red-Tailed Hawk, Liza's Monday and Other Poems, and Wild Ginger. Sellers, who was a founding member of the Byron Herbert Reece Society and currently serves on its board of directors, also published The Bitter Berry: The Life of Byron Herbert Reece.Sellers was named Author of the Year in 1979 by the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists; received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities in 1987; was named 1992 Poet of the Year by the American Pen Women; was Poet Laureate of Georgia 1997-1999. In 2003, Sellers received the Stanley W. Lindberg Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Georgia’s literary culture