Authors 'Round the South

Southern Indie Bestsellers

Hardcover Fiction

1. Calico Joe
John Grisham, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385536073
2. Deadlocked
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007447

3. The Cove
Ron Rash, Ecco Press, $26.99, 9780061804199
4. The Shoemaker's Wife
Adriana Trigiani, Harper, $26.99, 9780061257094
5. The Innocent
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9780446572996

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Interview: Kimberly Brock

Joshilyn Jackson is one of Kimberly Brock's biggest fans. The River Witch, says Jackson of Brock's mystical debut novel, offers readers "a haunted landscape, authentically Southern... This is one debut that you absolutely should not miss."

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Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now 11, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a cafe and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.

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Lady Banks Commonplace Book

In which Tayari Jones knows why she sings, a sea turtle named Jammer is grateful to Mary Alice Monroe's readers, a couple of people get hot and bothered in Brevard, and Charlaine Harris discusses whether she is, or is not, a vampire. Read more

Ann Patchett named as one of Time's most influential people

Monday, 02 April 2012 00:00

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Literary novelist Ann Patchett's fight to save independent bookshops, which has seen her open her own shop in Tennessee and champion the importance of bookselling on American television, has led to her nomination as one of Time magazine's most influential people in the world.

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Southern Indie Lit Crossword Puzzle Book

How well do you know your Southern lit? We dare you to use a pen on these crossword puzzles, each inspired by one of the winning titles of the SIBA Book Award, honoring ten years of the very best in Southern literature as chosen by the people who would know...Southern Independent Booksellers! A great gift for your book club, for puzzle-lovers, and anyone who loves Southern literature. $9.95 paperback. Available at Southern Indie Bookstores.

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