Zac Brown Band's Coy Bowles Pens First Children's Book

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As a member of the Zac Brown Band and a co-writer on several of the band's songs, including the No. 1 hits 'Knee Deep' and 'Colder Weather,' Coy Bowles has proven his skills as a hit songwriter. Now, the Georgia native is taking his creative talents to a new audience, penning his first children's book, inspired by an unlikely encounter with a guest at a dinner party.

The idea for 'Amy Giggles, Laugh Out Loud' came after Coy met a woman who repeatedly stifled her laugh throughout the evening. "Every time someone said something, she would huff and puff," Coy recalls. "Finally, somebody said, 'For the love of God, will you please just laugh out loud?'"

As it turns out, the woman had been teased as a child for having an unusually loud laugh -- a criticism she carried into adulthood. Coy's book gives her story a happy ending, while teaching a valuable lesson.

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