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I've attended all of them except for a couple of years when the festival was he..."
sounds like fun, ann. can't wait to hear about it!

John Hart was a treat to hear speak. He talked about the progression of characters between his books, not serial characters but types of life experiences. He talked about publishing and how it worked for him to quit his "day job" as a lawyer to write full time with the support of his family. He mentioned that his latest book took two years to write "not counting the year it too to restart it" he had begun this book with an idea for a plot and one of the characters surprised him and the focus of the book changed. As I am reading Redemption Road now I can attest to the character he followed and it is a good path.
I read his first two books years ago and need to go back and read The Last Child soon.



I thought I had read King of Lies but the plot doesn't sound familiar. I do have Redemption Road on the library TBR.

I am reading The Orphan Mother: A Novel, written by Robert Hicks; a favorite local historian and author. His was the main event my daughter and I attended on day two. The Widow of the South and A Separate Country are two of his previous books, both favorites.
Books mentioned in this topic
The King of Lies (other topics)The Last Child (other topics)
A Separate Country (other topics)
The Widow of the South (other topics)
Redemption Road (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Robert Hicks (other topics)John Hart (other topics)
I've attended all of them except for a couple of years when the festival was held in Memphis. I'll post about the authors i see later!