Hey book fans! If you’re looking for a literary activity this weekend and happen to be in the Nashville area, the Southern Festival of Books runs from October 14-16 at and around the Nashville Public Library downtown. I’ll be on the panel “Cons and Capers: The Many Faces of Crime Fiction” on Friday the 14^th at noon, moderated by Robert Mangeot. My fellow panelists will be Holly Sullivan McClure, Erica Wright, and Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford. All of these people fall into what I consider the “heavy hitter” category, in my books, so let me take a second to sing their praises.… Read the rest