Team W: Beatriz Williams & Karen White

Newnan Carnegie Library

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The Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Authors Series began at the Carnegie in 2012. We are proud to bring these notable authors to Newnan and Coweta County.

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The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to welcome bestselling fiction trio Beatriz Williams &amp; Karen White to the Carnegie. Team W will be here to discuss their new book An Author’s Guide to Murder. This book is a foray into the world of murder, intrigue, and mystery. Please note that Lauren Willig will not be able to attend this event.Books will be available for purchase by Bookmiser. The book talk will be followed by a book signing. Registration is required.About the book:Set against the backdrop of Castle Kinloch—a sweeping Gothic structure looming over a secluded island in the Scottish Highlands—THE AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO MURDER opens with the demise of literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley in a case that is as mysterious as it is shocking. Years earlier, Presley had acquired the castle as a glamorous showpiece to attract paying guests with a penchant for writerly allure. Now, it seems the castle has done him in…or perhaps one of its guests has. Enter Detective Chief Inspector Euan Macintosh, a local investigator faced with the daunting task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists who appear to be prime suspects: Kat de Noir, a sultry erotica writer with a flair for drama; Cassie Pringle, a busy Southern mom of six who juggles multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and the author of critically acclaimed historical fiction.These women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but their stories don’t quite add up. Macintosh’s suspicion deepens as he uncovers a tangle of threads linking each woman to the victim.Why did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death?About the Authors:Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including Husbands and Lovers, The Summer Wives, and The Secret Life of Violet Grant, as well as four other novels cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.Lauren Willig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels, including Band of Sisters and the RITA Award winning Pink Carnation series. An alumna of Yale University, she has a graduate degree in history from Harvard and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City with her husband, two young children, and vast quantities of coffee. Please note that Lauren will not be at the Carnegie event.Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thirty-four novels, including The Last Night in London and The House on Prytania, as well as the Tradd Street mystery series. She currently writes what she refers to as “grit lit”—Southern women’s fiction. She is a graduate of the American School in London and has a BS in management from Tulane University. When not writing, she spends her time reading, singing, and avoiding cooking. She has two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and a spoiled Havanese dog.

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Team W: Beatriz Williams & Karen White

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