Marshall Chapman, the one-time South Carolina debutant who became a successful and prolific singer-songwriter in Nashville, talks about her tumultuous life in the 1960’s and ‘70’s detailed in her first book, Goodbye Little Rock and Roller. She partied and became friends with country musicians including Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson who are featured in her second book, They Came to Nashville.

Currently teaching writing at the University of Mississippi, Tom Franklin, the author of several novels and short story collections, grew up in Clark County, Alabama, and worked in blue collar jobs while putting himself through college. He talks about his life and his latest two novels Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter and Hell at the Breech.

After several volumes of fiction, Sena Jeter Naslund had her first great success with Ahab’s Wife. Since then she has published Four Spirits, Adam and Eve, and Abundance. The latter focuses on the life of Marie Antoinette. Her new novel, The Fountain of St. James Court, explores the lives of both the real life artist who painted the French queen and a fictional writer who writes her novel telling the painter’s story.