GA Center for the Book Author Appearances - October

Michelle Moran

Join us for a fascinating glimpse of one of history's most intriguing figures, Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Michelle Moran's thrilling new novel, Nefertiti, based on extensive on-site research, offers a detailed, realistic story of a beautiful and charismatic queen struggling against palace intrigue. Moran is a Californian who has worked in Israel as a volunteer archaeologist. Author Diana Gabaldon calls the novel "compulsively readable."

Monday, October 8, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Dallas Hudgens

The Georgia native, author of the raucous bestselling novel Drive Like Hell, has a wonderful new novel, Season of Gene. It's the rollicking tale of Joe Rice, owner of a car-detailing service and manager of a beer-fueled baseball team, who finds himself in a bucket of trouble with gangsters over a 1932 bat used by Babe Ruth. It's a rowdy, fun ride with a Southern setting.

Tuesday, October 9, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Egil 'Bud' Krogh

One of the "president's men" --former Nixon White House aide Egil "Bud" Krogh – provides a new slant on the Watergate era in his fascinating new book, Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House. Krogh recounts how Watergate came to be, the background on the men responsible and the damage done by the scandal. It's an insider's look at one of the lowest points of American history.

Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM Jimmy Carter Library, 441 Freedom Parkway.

Jean Edward Smith

The distinguished biographer of Ulysses Grant and John Marshall has crafted a magisterial biography of one of America's greatest Presidents, FDR. Critics are calling this book the finest, most balanced and revealing biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt yet. The President who emerges from this study is "flawed but magnificent," and Smith's writing about him is both graceful and compelling.

Monday, October 15, 7:00 PM Jimmy Carter Library, 441 Freedom Parkway.

Judson Mitcham & Seaborn Jones

Prize-winning Georgia novelist and poet Judson Mitcham and fellow poet Seaborn Jones join us for a special evening of poetry. Mitcham, Georgia Author of the Year whose books include The Sweet Everlasting and Sabbath Creek, has a new volume of poetry, A Little Salvation. Jones' insightful, accessible books of poetry include Lost Keys and Getaway Car in Reverse.

Thursday, October 18, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Anne Panning & Margot Singer

Two young authors – both 2007 winners of the coveted Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction from the University of Georgia Press – talk about their work this evening. Panning writes with gem-like wit and depth in her collection, Super America, while Singer's book, The Pale of Settlement, shows us characters struggling to piece together the myths and history of their family's past.

Friday, October 19, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Derek Nikitas

Nikitas, a resident of Georgia, unveils a powerful, atmospheric debut novel, Pyres, that comes with high praise from Joyce Carol Oates. Nikitas, an accomplished short story author, tells a dark, brutal, nail-biting tale of a murder that sets off a series of violent events that rip apart a family and their community.

Sunday, October 21, 2:00 PM Wordsmiths Books, 141 E. Trinity Place, Decatur.

Tom McHaney

One of the nation's finest authorities on Southern literature joins us for the second "University in the Library" series examining works by Nobel Laureate William Faulkner. The illustrated lecture series, "Faulkner and the Plain People of the South," focuses on the novel The Hamlet and the story, "Barn Burning." McHaney holds an endowed chair at Georgia State University and is one of our most popular speakers.

Monday, October 22, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Frye Gaillard

Gaillard, one of the most knowledgeable writers about Southern culture and politics, explores the legacy of President Jimmy Carter in his new book, Prophet from Plains. The book assesses the life and work of Carter through his stubborn, faith-driven integrity which is at once his greatest asset and most serious flaw. Gaillard's 20 books include Cradle of Freedom, winner of the Lillian Smith Award.

Wednesday, October 24, 7:15 PM Decatur Library

Joye Cauthen (as Caroline Miller)

Cauthen, great-niece of Georgia’s first Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Miller, presents a dramatic, costumed presentation on the author and her acclaimed 1933 novel, Lamb in His Bosom. Cauthen is a lively, experienced performer and storyteller, and her informative program helps bring to life Miller’s book and its characters.

Monday, October 29, 7:15 PM Decatur Library