Carl T. Smith is the author of Nothin' Left to Lose, Lowcountry Boil and its newly released sequel, Louisiana Burn. He considers himself a born and bred Southerner and chose a career-path of music and theatre before taking an interest in writing. Carl attended The Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary where he met and became life-long friends with author Tom Robbins. Carl worked in theatre, film and music for thirty years. The story of his time spent writing music in Nashville in the 70's and as CEO of an entertainment management firm,formed the basis for his first novel, Nothin' Left to Lose. It was published to excellent reviews in Publisher's Weekly, Foreword Magazine and newspapers throughout the country. In August of 2002, a writer friend referred him to River City Publishing in Montgomery, Alabama. With encouragement from other authors, including Robbins, Carl signed a contract for his new novel, Lowcountry Boil. He has completed a second Sam Larkin novel, Louisiana Burn. The third, In Plain Sight, is in the midstage of completion.
Mark Ethridge is a third generation reporter and writer who directed the Charlotte Observer's Pulitzer Prize investigations of the textile industry and the PTL scandal involving Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker. His work has appeared in newspapers and magazines coast-to-coast. Ethridge studied as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and was a member of Esquire magazine's inaugural class of "People Under 40 Who Are Changing America." Grievances takes a hard look at race relations in the South, decades after the end of segregation. The book examines how the wounds of inequality in the South have healed-and what wounds still remain. http://www.newsouthbooks.com |
JOHN HART
was born and raised in North Carolina. For a time he practiced criminal defense law, but left his practice to write The King of Lies and work for a major Wall Steet firm. This is his first novel and has been named a New York Times bestseller, a Booksense bestseller and the Editor's Choice for the Mystery Guild. It is a featured alternate for the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club. It was a Booksense Pick for June and is being translated into twelve languages. John lives in North Carolina with his wife and two young daughters. 
http://www.johnhartfiction.com
Haywood Smith is an Atlanta native who writes light-hearted, coming of middle age tributes to the 'jilted generation' of women who have emerged victorius through divorce, teen-aged children, menopause, the Internet, tennis elbow, spreading waistlines, nothing but tacky clothes in the stores and countless other modern tribulations. The Red Hat Club has been on the NY Times Bestseller List and the paperback edition of Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch appeared on both the USA Today's list and the New York Times Extended Bestseller List. Watch for her newest books, The Red Hat Club Rides Again and Ladies of the Lake, coming soon! 
http://www.haywoodsmith.net |
CASSANDRA KING'S novel THE SUNDAY WIFE was a Book Sense choice; a Literary Guild and Book-of-the-Month Club selection; a People Magazine Page-Turner of the Week; Books-a-Million President’s Pick for 2002; Utah’s Salt Lake Libraries Reader’s Choice Award nominee; and South Carolina’s State Readers’ Circle selection. Now in trade paperback, THE SUNDAY WIFE was the Nestle Corporation’s choice in a campaign to promote reading groups. King’s third novel, THE SAME SWEET GIRLS, released in January 2005, was the national number one Book Sense Selection for February as well as a Book-of-the-Month Club and Literary Guild selection, and is currently on the SEBA bestsellers list. Her fourth novel, titled QUEEN OF BROKEN HEARTS will be released in March, 2007. A native of L.A. (Lower Alabama), she lives in the Lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband, novelist Pat Conroy. http://www.cassandraconroyking.com
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