My day at the Dallas Book Festival started with a panel featuring thriller writer Greg Iles and journalist Stanley Nelson discussing the real-life Civil Rights-era murders that inspired the former’s Natchez trilogy. How eager was I to see this discussion? Well, my own husband was presenting a session on multimedia storytelling at the same time – and I told him, “Sorry, I’m going…
Read MoreWhat are you doing April 29? If you’re in North Texas, and you’re a book lover, you should be planning to hit the Dallas Book Festival at the Dallas Central Library. Paulette Jiles, who was a National Book Award finalist for News of the World, will be there. Greg Iles will appear in conversation with Stanley Nelson, whose scholarly work about unsolved crimes…
Read MoreWhat did I do at the 2016 Dallas Book Festival? Exactly what everyone else did! I listened to authors speak and then hurried out to the bookstore The Wild Detectives set up in the lobby to buy books and get them signed. I’m not going to tip my hand on what I bought, because some of those books are gifts. I will say…
Read MoreThe Dallas Book Festival is just days away! Join other North Texas book lovers on April 30, in downtown Dallas at the Central Library Look for me at 12:50 in the Community Exchange room on the first floor, appearing on the Keeping Dallas in Suspense panel with writer L.A. Starks. I’ll also have a table on the first floor. Stop by and say hello…
Read MoreDo you live in the Dallas area? Do you love books? Mark your calendar for April 30. That’s the date of the Dallas Book Festival, presented by the Dallas Public Library. The roster of authors for the festival is really impressive. I read Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy in one sitting. Jessica Knoll’s Luckiest Girl Alive was one of the thillers that had me checking the…
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