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David Crews is the clerk of court for the US District Court in the Northern District of Mississippi. He has produced and directed several documentary films, including The Toughest Job, which won a Southeast Emmy Award for best historical documentary, and Unrivaled, currently airing on PBS stations. Crews is the author of The Mississippi Book of Quotations.

Ace Atkins is the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of almost thirty novels. Atkins, a former SEC football player, started his career as a crime beat reporter in Florida before becoming a full-time novelist. Since then he’s written eleven books in the Quinn Colson series and several true crime novels based on infamous crooks and … Continued

Ruth Dickey is the executive director of the National Book Foundation and has spent more than twenty-five years working at the intersection of community building, writing, and art. Prior to the Foundation, she served as executive director of Seattle Arts & Lectures. A builder and believer in big dreams, Dickey has had the pleasure of … Continued

Sheila Turnage grew up on a family farm in North Carolina near Tupelo Landing, where the Mo & Dale Mysteries are set, and a couple hours from Hatteras Island, where Island of Spies takes place. She decided to become a writer in first grade, when she wrote her first story. She attended East Carolina University … Continued

Sheila Sundar is a visiting assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi and author of the forthcoming novel Habitations. Her writing has appeared in the Threepenny Review, Crazyhorse, Guernica, the Rumpus, the New York Times, the Bookends Review, and elsewhere.