Wild Dunes to host 4th annual Authors Luncheon
New York Times best selling author Mary Alice Monroe will be hosting the author panel discussion.
Wild Dunes Resort will host its 4th annual Authors Luncheon on Saturday, January 16, 2010, from 11am – 2pm. This year’s event features a distinguished and entertaining panel of authors at the Resort’s event venue, The Sweetgrass Pavilion. This annual event is open to the public and will feature four highly acclaimed authors with ties to South Carolina including Jack Bass, Katie Crouch, Ann Herlong-Bodman and Batt Humphreys.
The panel of authors will answer questions regarding their novels from guest moderator, New York Times Best Selling Author and Isle of Palms resident, Mary Alice Monroe. The event will also include a silent auction of jewelry, books and original works of art. Barnes and Noble will be participating in the event, selling the featured authors’ works with a portion of the proceeds going toward the charitable event. Following the luncheon, the panel will sign copies of their recent works. Proceeds from admission and the auction will benefit the Trident Literacy Association (TLA) of Charleston and sponsor a scholarship for a minority student in the field of education at the College of Charleston.
“We are excited to host this wonderful event for the fourth year,” said Frank Fredericks, Wild Dunes Resort’s Managing Director. “The Authors Luncheon has grown each year because of the feedback we’ve received from Charleston area residents who appreciate good Southern writing. Together we’re all helping to contribute to the education and improvement of lives in our community. We’re very excited about the diverse panel of authors for this year’s event and we’re hopeful to surpass the amount that we raised last year for the Trident Literacy Association and the College of Charleston scholarship.”
Tickets are available by emailing clubline@wilddunes.com or by calling 886-2020. Cost is $60 per ticket or $550 per table of ten people.
About the authors panel
Jack Bass, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, studied as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in American Studies from Emory University. After 13 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, twice named South Carolina “journalist of the year,” he spent two years as a research scholar at Duke University and 18 months at the Institute of Legal History at University of South Carolina. He has written for The Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Post, The News Republic, The Nation, and The New York Times. Bass’ most recent works include STROM: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond (co-authored with Marilyn Thompson), Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., Unlikely Heroes and The Orangeburg Massacre.
Katie Crouch who was raised in Charleston, is the author of New York Times Best Seller, Girls in Trucks and the upcoming novel, Men and Dogs. Crouch’s work has also appeared in The New York Observer and Glamour. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University.
Ann Herlong-Bodman, a South Carolina resident, is the author of In the Wake of Saints and Sinners, a travel book for which she received a fellowship from the South Carolina Academy of Authors and Voices Over Water, a Civil War novel. Herlong-Bodman has worked as a reporter, taught college writing classes and directed writing labs in journalism, business writing, and public relations.
Batt Humphreys, author of new novel Dead Weight, began his career in television news in Charleston in the early 80s. His career took him to CBS News in New York where he spent 15 years, most as a senior producer, before leaving to return to his beloved South. He managed the coverage of many of the events that have shaped our lives over the past quarter century, including the first hours of the morning of September 11, 2001, several wars, elections and hurricanes. Humphreys and his wife Laura currently live on a farm outside Charleston.
Guest Moderator Mary Alice Monroe is a New York Times bestselling author known for richly textured books that explore the compelling parallels between nature and human nature. Monroe’s novels have won critical acclaim and awards and include her Lowcountry novels: Sweetgrass, The Beach House, and Skyward. Her books are sold worldwide. Monroe recently released her newest novel, Time is a River. Monroe who is an active and dedicated conservationist, lives with her husband on the Isle of Palms.
