Calamity Island
Memphis writer MJ Wassmer takes readers on the worst island getaway ever in Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend. Wassmer will appear at Novel in Memphis on August 6 and at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Fiction
The Unmatched Strength of Womanhood
Jen Fawkes’ latest novel, Daughters of Chaos, finds its center in Civil War-era Nashville and the decision to protect Union soldiers against syphilis by removing all prostitutes from the city. Fawkes will appear at the 2024 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 26-27.
Healing the Mother Wound
Sarai Johnson’s debut novel, Grown Women, is an eloquent story of multiple generations of Black women navigating their lives against a nonlinear backdrop of American motherhood.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Nashvillian
With her debut novel, Lo Fi, Liz Riggs proves that Nashville can hold its own along with New York, L.A., or Boston when it comes to locales where young artists go to find themselves. Riggs will discuss Lo Fi at Parnassus Books in Nashville on July 31.
Memphis Noir
Ace Atkins, known for his Quinn Colson novels, has crafted a classic detective tale in Don’t Let the Devil Ride, an international thriller solidly anchored in Memphis. Atkins will appear at Novel in Memphis on June 26 and in an online discussion with Chapter 16’s Michael Ray Taylor on July 16.
This World of Broken Sins
In Henry Wise’s debut novel Holy City, a tormented police officer investigates a murder that digs up secrets the county would rather keep buried. Wise will appear at Novel in Memphis on June 2.
