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Gillian McAllister: In Her Accidental Thriller Author Era
Gillian McAllister didn’t set out to write thrillers. She wrote what we now call women’s fiction, got an agent, couldn’t sell it, and then—more or less by accident—found herself writing the kind of novel that would eventually make her one o...
Terah Shelton Harris: Writing Grief and Hope in Alabama
Terah Shelton Harris always starts with a theme. For her third novel, Where the Wildflowers Grow, that theme was grief. Everything else grew from there.
“I thought, okay, I’m going to write a book about grief,” Terah said during her recent...
What We're Reading: Terah Shelton Harris, Gillian McAllister, Brenda Novak, and Tracy Sierra
Ever wondered what your favorite authors are reading? At the May 17 Back Room event, Terah Shelton Harris, Gillian McAllister, Brenda Novak, and Tracy Sierra shared their current favorite books. From a mother-son murder mystery that shifts...
Cynthia Swanson: The Women's Stories That History Keeps Repeating
Notes from the April 12, 2025 event at The Back Room
Cynthia Swanson has written three traditionally published novels and edited a noir anthology but when she decided to put together her first short story collection, she didn’t want to wai...
Nick Petrie: Writing the War That Never Leaves You
Notes from the April 12, 2026 event at The Back Room
Nick Petrie didn’t set out to write nine books. He didn’t set out to write one. But after spending years as a freelance building inspector, he started having conversations in basements w...
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