About the Author
Jack is a lifelong Wilmingtonian, with a background as a sports and radio announcer. In 2000, he founded Dram Tree Books, which publishes titles on the history and lore of the Lower Cape Fear. A prolific author himself, Jack has written "The Coastal Chronicles," (2 vols.) and is currently writing a series of illustrated history books for young people, including "Under Three Flags" (the story of Fort Johnston), "The Yellow Death" (about the 1862 yellow fever epidemic that nearly wiped out Wilmington) and "King George and Broadswords!" about the battle of Moores Creek Bridge.

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Monday, August 11:  The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair

The Blacksmith's Daughter
by Suzanne Adair

Where:  The WHQR Studios
When: Monday, August 11

About the Book
As the American Revolution batters the Carolinas, pregnant seventeen-year-old Betsy Sheridan, daughter of Sophie Barton (Paper Woman), leaves her home in Georgia to track down her Patriot spy husband and becomes entangled in the chaos leading up to the bloody Battle of Camden in South Carolina.

About the Author
Suzanne Adair is the nom de plume for Suzanne Williams, a native Floridian who currently lives with her family in North Carolina. In second grade, she wrote her first fiction for fun after the eye of a hurricane passed over her home, and she grew up intrigued by wild weather, stories of suspense and high adventure, Spanish St. Augustine, and the South's role in the Revolutionary War. She has traveled extensively and lived in England for half a year. After visiting the ruins of colonial-era Ft. Frederica on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, she began writing Paper Woman, the first book of her series and the recipient of the 2007 Patrick D. Smith Literature Award from the Florida Historical Society. She enjoys participating in living history to commemorate events from the Southern Theater of the Revolutionary War -- a hobby that helps her depict colonial life in writing.

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Monday, November10: The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton

The Bible Salesman
by Clyde Edgerton

Where: The WHQR Studios
When: Monday, November 10

About the Book
Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs--one who will believe Clearwater is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in another car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as Bible salesman and a G-man.
During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henry's fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesn't prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he's being used--that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.

About the Author
Clyde Edgerton is the author of seven bestsellers, including, Raney, Walking Across Egypt, and Where Trouble Sleeps. Five of his novels have been New York Times Notable Books. A musician and songwriter, he lives with his wife, Kristina, and their children in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he is a professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

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Monday, December 8: Incident at Cat Island by Tom Hudgin

Incident at Cat Island
by Tom Hudgins

Where: The WHQR Studios
When: Monday, December 8

About the Book
Tom Hannaford finds mysterious lettering on a barnacle encrusted plank floating in the surf along a deserted North Carolina beach. With insatiable curiosity and after some questionable research, Tom convinces his friend, Chris, to fly with him in Tom's Cessna Cardinal on a leisurely vacation in the Bahamas near where, coincidentally, Tom suspects his message from the sea originated. When they decide to land to investigate remote Cat Island, they stumble upon a quite shocking discovery that sends them running for their very lives, using all their skills and cunning just trying to survive. A lovable thirteen year old island boy, who had hustled them at the George Town airport, then unexpectedly twists the plot to an exciting climax.

About the Author
Author, Tom Hudgin, seeks adventure at every turn and now weaves his amazing experiences into mystery/adventure books for both young adults and adults. His tours of active duty as a Navy Commander have taken him throughout the Pacific. As a skilled blue-water sailor, and with only two other mariners, he sailed a 38 foot ketch all the way across the Atlantic, from the Caribbean Islands to Europe. As a licensed pilot with over 2000 hours experience, Tom has flown on many exciting excursions in the Bahamas. Tom and his wife now live on a farm in North Carolina where they raise llamas...just for fun. His unique style of humorous and entertaining presentation which has endured him to live audiences also finds its way into his written word to further captivate his readers.