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Southern Fiction with Terah Shelton Harris, Karen Spears Zacharias & Jeffrey Blount

Time: 1:45 – 2:30 PM

Location: The City of Decatur Stage 2, Swanton Amphitheatre, in the Decatur Conference Center of the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030

Finding redemption from the self-imposed exile of a billionaire set in rural Ham, Alabama, an emotional story of four siblings who return home after their father’s death to save their ancestral home in North Carolina and a richly imagined story of how one woman prevails in dignity surrounding the infamous Buck v. Bell U.S. Supreme Court case of 1927. 

Authors Jeffrey Blount, Terah Shelton Harris and Karen Spears Zacharias discuss how they captivate global audiences with stories set in the South, a place full of complex nuances and beloved uniquities. The panel discussion will be held Saturday, October 5th at 1:45 PM on the City of Decatur Stage 2, Swanton Amphitheatre, in the Decatur Conference Center of the Marriott Courtyard Hotel.

Purchase your book from Charis Books via this link, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the festival.

About the Moderator

Susan Beckham Zurenda taught English for 33 years on the college level and at the high school level to AP students. She is author of the award-winning Southern literary novel, Bells for Eli, and the recipient of numerous awards for her short fiction, including the South Carolina Fiction Awards, twice. Her second novel, The Girl From the Red Rose Motel (Mercer University Press, September 2023), was the recipient of the 2024 Patricia Winn Award in Southern Fiction, Gold Medal winner in the 2024 IPPY Awards for Southeast Fiction, a 2024 Pushcart Prize nominee, a Shelf Unbound 2023 Notable 100 books, and a finalist in the American Book Fest Awards. The author lives in Spartanburg, SC. Learn more at www.susanzurenda.com.