Charlaine Harris to attend Writers for Readers in North Carolina

There is still time to purchase your ticket to see five award-winning authors at the Orange County Literacy Council's annual Writers for Readers Gala Reception and Book Luncheon on February 14th & 15th, 2010. This year's luncheon includes:

• National Book Award Finalist Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina)
• Southern short story writer George Singleton (Pep talks, Warnings, and Screeds)
• Lee Stringer, writer and advocate for the homeless (Grand Central Winter)
• Short story author Wells Tower (Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned)
• and novelist Charlaine Harris, whose Sookie Stackhouse series is the inspiration for HBO's hit vampire saga True Blood.

Also, don't forget our Authors Gala Reception featuring food from famous cookbook authors including:

• Jean Anderson {James Beard Award Winner}
• Sara Foster {Foster's Market}
• Moreton Neal {Remembering Bill Neal}
• Nancie McDermott {Southern Cakes}
• John & Dale Reed {Holy Smoke!}
• and Bill Smith {Crook's Corner}
  

more info here

http://www.orangeliteracy.org/home/menu.php