How a big-time swindler turned a young Knoxville woman’s life upside down
In My Friend Anna, Knoxville native Rachel DeLoache Williams delivers a fast-paced tell-all about her whirlwind friendship with Anna Delvey, the now-notorious New York con artist who posed as a rich German heiress. Williams will appear at Union Avenue Books in Knoxville on August 25.
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In Martin Clark’s new legal thriller, The Substitution Order, a fallen Virginia lawyer tries to clear his name
In Martin Clark’s new legal thriller, The Substitution Order, a Virginia lawyer attempts to piece together his life after cocaine addiction. Martin Clark will discuss the book at Novel in Memphis on August 19 and Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 20.
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Belle Boggs’ novel The Gulf is a wry takedown of the for-profit school scene
In The Gulf, Belle Boggs pits a money-strapped poet against an evangelical organization with a mission to make money. Boggs will appear at the Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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Red Metal imagines a Russian invasion of Europe
With Red Metal, Mark Greaney and Lt. Col. Hunter “Rip” Rawlings deliver a propulsive novel about a surprise military assault in Europe by Russian Federation forces.
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Musical savant and indie rock icon Ben Folds delivers a quirky, iconoclastic memoir
In A Dream About Lightning Bugs, indie rock icon Ben Folds uses his quirky upbringing and iconoclastic career to illustrate music’s power to form, heal, and inspire. Folds will sign A Dream About Lightning Bugs at the Nashville Public Library on August 9.
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Karl Marlantes’ Deep River is a sweeping epic of the immigrant experience in the Pacific Northwest
Karl Marlantes, author of the bestselling novel Matterhorn, returns with Deep River, a sprawling tale about the lives of three Finnish immigrants. Marlantes will discuss Deep River at Parnassus Books in Nashville on August 13.
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