Winning the Literary Lottery
February 12, 2015 Chattanooga native Meredith Russo has just signed a six-figure book deal for her first YA novel, If I Was Your Girl, the story of a transgender teen.
Fiction
It Wasn’t Strange at the Time
February 10, 2015 Chapter 16 talks with Adam Ross, bestselling author of Mr. Peanut and Ladies and Gentlemen, about his work-in-progress, the story of a year in the life of a child actor. Ross will give a free public reading at the University of Tennessee’s Hodges Library in Knoxville on February 16, 2015, at 7 p.m.
Hidden Treasure
February 9, 2015 As Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler is the bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events. His latest novel for adults, We Are Pirates, adapts his trademark social satire to a nuanced story of unhappy urban life and piracy along the California coast. Handler will discuss We Are Pirates at the Nashville Public Library on February 14, 2015, at 2 p.m. The event, part of the Salon@615 series, is free and open to the public.
Hear Me Out
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February 6, 2015 In My Sunshine Away, the debut novel from M.O. Walsh, the suburbs of Baton Rouge boil with all the contradictions of a Louisiana summer. In a story that revolves around the unsolved rape of a teenage girl, this novel engages the dangerous terrain of memory, remorse, and forgiveness. M.O. Walsh will discuss My Sunshine Away at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 13, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. and at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on February 18, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.
The Aftermath
February 5, 2015 In See How Small, Scott Blackwood uses the 1991 yogurt-shop murders in Austin as the inspiration for a novel that expresses the ineradicable damage tragedy inflicts on survivors. Blackwood will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 12, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.
Killer Memory
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February 4, 2015 Told from the shifting perspectives of three women, The Girl on the Train by British novelist Paula Hawkins is a tautly paced crime story about the disappearance of one of the narrators. The complex personalities in this tour de force prove to be as suspenseful as the novel’s masterful whodunit. Paula Hawkins will appear at the Nashville Public Library on February 8, 2015, at 3 p.m.
