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Charlaine Harris, photo by D. Woldan Margaret Maron photo by Bob Witchger Note: The  audience will be limited to 125 persons.  There is no charge for the event, but those wishing to attend are asked to email Barry Miller at barry_miller@uncg.edu to assure their place for this unique program. What happens when Judge Deborah Knott meets Sookie Stackhouse?  Do vampires indulge in the products produced by alleged North Carolina bootleggers? Find out when authors Margaret Maron and Charlaine Harris settle down with their famous protagonists for a conversation at UNCG on October 22 at 7 pm in the Virginia Dare Room of UNCG’s Alumni House for the second installment in the Margaret Maron Presents Women of Mystery Series.  It is no accident, they say, that the visit is timed only a few days before Halloween. Margaret Maron and Charlaine Harris are both highly successful writers with legions of fans, and the appearances of their new books are always hi...

Who: Margaret Maron Presents Women of Mystery (with Nancy Pickard) When: Wednesday, October 29, 7 pm Where: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG Free and open to the public How does a highly successful writer like North Carolina’s Margaret Maron give back?  For one, she continues to write books that her readers are eager to snap up whenever they’re published.  Margaret’s latest, the nineteenth featuring Judge Deborah Knott of the fictional Colleton County east of Raleigh, North Carolina, is entitled Designated Daughters and was published in August. As the Chicago Tribune has declared, “There’s nobody better.”  While decidedly modest about a list of accomplishments and awards that includes an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2010, Margaret has long been active in mentoring other writers and calling attention to the compelling issues facing North Carolina in her novels. Maron’s papers are on long-term ...

All of the following events are free and open to the public: Thursday, September 4: Poetry Reading by David Roderick from his new book, The Americans (co-sponsored with MFA Writing Program). 8 p.m. Faculty Center, UNCG Monday, September 8: Author and Storyteller Doug Elliott . 7 p.m. EUC Auditorium, UNCG Monday, September 15: Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion - The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited by Richard Florida, led by Keith Debbage of the Department of Geography & the Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality and Tourism.  4 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG.  Thursday, September 18: Reading by Lee Zacharias from her book, The Only Sounds We Make (co-sponsored with MFA Writing Program). 7 p.m. Faculty Center, UNCG Wednesday, October 8: Presentation by Dr. Joy Kasson about author and illustrator Lois Lenski . 4 p.m. Hodges Reading Room Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG Thursday, October...

Author Margaret Maron speaking at UNCG We are delighted to announce this honor for Margaret Maron, who attended UNCG and whose papers are on long-term loan to our University Libraries.    Mystery Writers of America Announces Ken Follett & Margaret Maron as their 2013 Grand Masters Plus Raven and Ellery Queen Awards     December 3, 2012 – New York, NY – Ken Follett and Margaret Maron have been chosen as this year’s Grand Masters by Mystery Writers of America (MWA). MWA's Grand Master Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality. Mr. Follett and Ms. Maron will be presented with their awards at the Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Margaret Maron is the author of twenty-six novels and two shor...

Linda Burr and I had the pleasure of visiting Margaret Maron at her home in Willow Spring on January 4, 2012. She has a beautiful home with lots of big windows to let in the sunlight! In addition to a wonderful lunch that she prepared for us (scrumptious homemade pea soup and salad), she also told us some great stories behind the plots of many of her books. She also gave us insight into how she does her research for each book. Plus, we were able to see the room in which she actually does her writing! Margaret sent us back to the Libraries with many books, manuscripts for four of her books, video and audio tapes of interviews, a coffee mug, and many other wonderful items for the Margaret Maron Collections housed in Hodges Special Collections and University Archives. Posted by Rosann Bazirjian, Dean of University Libraries