Entrepreneur Minute – Cathy Rigg, Author

The Who’s on the Move, Entrepreneur Minute is an interview in support of the undeniable impact that entrepreneurs have on our communities. In this series you will see a diverse group of entrepreneurs, including some incredible innovators from the non profit world.

We would like to thank our sponsors of this video series:

• NP Strategy
• First Community Bank
• City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities
• The Riley Institute at Furman University
• SCRA

Cathy Rigg, Author

Cathy Rigg, founder of the Columbia-based brand marketing firm Riggs Partners, has published her debut novel, That Which Binds Us (Keylight Books, June 2025). Set in the mountains of Southwest Virginia where Rigg’s family roots run deep, the historical fiction follows five lives intertwined during the Civil War. The novel is set for release on June 10, 2025. You can find more information about the novel HERE.

Cathy left the mountains to study English in South Carolina’s foothills, at Clemson University. After graduation she set her sights on a career as an advertising copywriter. She founded the ad studio C. C. Rigg’s at the age of 27—and now, 38 years later—the firm known as Riggs Partners serves clients across the country.

In recent years Cathy has returned to creative writing. She launched The Daily Grace blog in 2013, and her poetry and prose have appeared in Still: The Journal; Women Speak: An Anthology of Women of Appalachia Project; litmosphere: journal of CharlotteLit; These Mosaics poetry anthology; Stafford Challenge 2024 Anthology; Clinch Mountain Review; and a short story, “Stone Cold,” was a finalist in both the Lit/South and Doris Betts Fiction Prize contests.

Below is our full and separate conversation with author, Cathy Rigg. You can also listen to this as a podcast on Apple and Spotify. Just search for the WhosOnTheMove SC podcast and please consider subscribing.