Authors are often advised to “write what you know.” When bestselling author Jean Heller addressed a capacity crowd at Southport’s Harper Library on December 5th, “Meet the Author” attendees learned that her knowledge, accumulated through decades of experience as...
Parlaying his background in training and stress management and his infectious good humor, author Stephen Patterson regaled a roomful of Harper Library “Meet the Author” attendees ready to leave their cares behind and enjoy a good laugh. We had Stephen’s long-suffering...
As fog enveloped the 801 Ocean Event Center, over 130 attendees gathered for a very special “Meet the Author” program featuring New York Times bestselling author Nina de Gramont discussing her book, The Christie Affair. Blending historical fiction, mystery,...
Many of us have stories in our heads that never make it onto the printed page. Those who do complete this mysterious process – including Jeff Siebold, Jean Heller, John Graves, and Teri Brown, the “Authors We Adore by the Sea” – shared their methods at FOLSOI’s recent...
This year’s FOLSOI Annual Meeting and Southport Book Festival: “Authors We Adore by the Shore,” was a success in anyone’s book! We filled the Southport Community Center with attendees intrigued to hear from award-winning local authors Teri M. Brown, John Graves, Jean...
