Blue Ridge Book and Author Showcase

Presenting Authors for 2010

We have several "Best Sellers" and many "Award Winners" in a wide variety of Genres.

Please visit the linked sites below for complete information on their work.

2010 Program Presenters
Click here for more info	Jennifer Thompson- Cannino & Ronald Cotton True Crime Biography/ Memoir “Picking Cotton” Seen interviewed on network television and soon to be a major movie. From Winston-Salem, NC
Click here for more info	Terry Kay Award Winning Keynoter- Georgia Writer’s Hall of Fame Novelist Author of “Book of Mario”, “Taking Lottie Home” and many more. From Athens, GA
Click here for more info	Ann B. Ross Novelist and Humorist – Miss Julia Series Newly released “Miss Julia Renews Her Vows” From Hendersonville, NC
Click here for more info	Margot Theis Raven Children’s Books, nine published, and nationally respected speaker. Author of “Happy Birthday to You”, “Let Them Play”, Night Boat to Freedom” From Charleston, SC
Click here for more info	Jim Dodson Golf and Sports Writer – Official Arnold Palmer biographer. Just awarded Best Book of the Year by International Network of Golf for his “A Son of the Game” From Southern Pines, NC
Click here for more info	Ed Southern Regional History/ Fiction and Workshop Leader Executive Director of North Carolina Writer’s Network Author of “Parlous Angels”, “Voices of the American Revolution in the Carolinas” From Winston-Salem, NC
Click here for more info	Joshilyn Jackson Southern Gothic, Mainstream Fiction She will also offer our Closing Challenge lecture Author of “gods of Alabama”, “The Girl Who Stopped Swimming” From Powder Springs, GA
Click here for more info	Carole Weatherford Poetry, Children, Historic Fiction, Non-fiction Author of “Becoming Billie Holiday”, “First Pooch: The Obamas Pick a Pet”, “Oprah, The Little Speaker”. From High Point, NC
Click here for more info	Kenneth Butcher Mystery Thriller His first novel “The Middle of the Air” From Hendersonville, NC
Click here for more info	Robert Morgan Best seller and national known, he is a Hendersonville native. Biographer, novelist and poet whose works include “Boone- a Biography”, “October Crossing”, and coming soon “Manifest Destiny”. From Ithaca, NY
Click here for more info	Pamela Duncan Novelist and Creative Writing Instructor at Western Carolina University Her works include just released “The Wilder Place”, “The Big Beautiful”, “Plant Life” and “Moon Sisters” From Cullowhee, NC
Click here for more info	Chris Smith Himself a diabetic, writes cookbooks and lectures. Seen on television, his books are “Cooking with the Diabetic Chef” and “Year-Round Cookbook”. From NY, NY
Click here for more info	Leonard "Mike" Scruggs Military history written by a Vietnam veteran. His book is “Lessons from the Vietnam War: Truths the Media Never Told You” From Hendersonville, NC
Click here for more info	Rachel Keener Southern and mainstream Fiction Her books are “The Killing Tree” and “The Memory Thief” From Winston-Salem, NC
Click here for more info	Allan Wolf Children’s Books and Poems He is also a noted lecturer . Author of “Immersed in Verse”, “New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery”. From Asheville, NC
Click here for more info	Glenis Redmond Poetry Award Winner Author of “Under the Sun”, Backbone” also on CDs and DVDs. From Asheville, NC
Click here for more info	Jo Maeder Memoir of her relationship with her aging mother. “When I Married my Mother” From NY, NY and Greensboro, NC
Click here for more info	Kinley Freeman Third grader from Hendersonville, NC and already a published author. Her illustrated and photo- laden book “The Amazing Gift” tells of a young girl’s wish for a horse and asking Santa to help. Not just cute, this is a worthy publication.
Click here for more info	Masha Hamilton Another of our best-selling authors, Masha has travelled the world as a correspondent and started two literacy programs. The “Camel Project” in Kenya and the “Afghan Women’s Writing Project”. She will discuss one of her four novels,”31 Hours”. From Brooklyn, NY
Program for Writers and Aspiring Writers Only
TOPIC	LEADER
Role of a Book Reviewer	Alli Marshall - Reviewer for Mountain Express
Marketing Your Book	Shelley Lieber – Writer and Author Consultant
Effective Author Networking	Ed Southern – Ex Director of NC Writer’s Network
Book Seller Suggestions	Linda Knopp - Malaprop’s Bookseller