Friday January 25, 2008
7:30 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER

Our Friday night dinner speaker is the New York Times best selling author of such books as Blindsighted, Triptych, Faithless, and Kisscut. Karin Slaughter is an Atlanta resident, whose books have been translated into over ten different languages, catapulting her into an International best selling author. Karin's latest book Beyond Reach was released on July 31, 2007 and is steadily gaining critical acclaim. Her eagerly awaited next book, Fractured will hit bookshelves on July 3, 2008.

Interview with a Writer
Karin Slaughter

Given the subject matter of your novels, did you visit hospitals, morgues, body farms, etc. to gain insight and add authenticity to your novels? Do you ever draw a blank or have writer's block in the middle of a novel? What do you do to get unstuck? How did come up with your character, Sara Linton? What have you learned from and about Dr. Sara Linton?

Saturday January 26, 2008
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Order of Events Subject to Change

MURDER GOES SOUTH

Coffee and Registration

Welcome & Introduction of Featured Speaker
- Linda Evans, FOSL President

Bill Bass (Forensic Anthropologist)

Urban Legends and Folktales
- Introduction of Panel by Don O'Brien
- Walter Sorrells (author of First Shot)
- Phillip Depoy (author of A Widow's Curse)

Breakout
Readers' Activity 1- When Darkness Falls
- Brandon Massey (author of Within the Shadows)
- Raven Hart (author of The Vampire's Kiss)

Readers Activity 2 - Setting the Stage for Intrigue
- Wendy Webb (author of Mean Cuisine)

Writers' Activity 1 - Writer Beware!
- Norman Chastain (author of After the Game)
- Mary Saxon Wilburn (author of Blood Kin)

Writers' Activity 2 - Death Taxes, and Writers
- Nash Black (aka Irene Black & Ford Nashett)
- Authors of Sins of the Father

Lunch

Location, Location, Location
- Introduction by Linda Evans
- Linda Berry (author of Death and the Family Tree)
- Glynn Marsh Alam (author of Greenwater Ghost)
- Claire Matturro (author of Sweetheart Deal)

Breakout

Writers' Activity 1 - Writer Beware!
- Norman Chastain (author of After the Game)
- Mary Saxon Wilburn (author of Blood Kin)

Writers' Activity 2 - Death, Taxes, and Writers
- Nash Black (aka Irene Black & Ford Nashett)
- Authors of (Sins of the Fathers)

Readers' Activity 1 - When Darkness Falls
- Brandon Massey (author of Within the Shadows)
- Raven Hart (author of The Vampire's Kiss)

Readers Activity 2 - Setting the Stage for Intrigue
- Wendy Webb (author of Mean Cuisine)

An Interview with Karin Slaughter
(author of Beyond Reach, Triptych,& Blindsighted)

Book Signing