WHAT ARE PREVIOUS AA SPEAKERS UP TO THESE DAYS?
Kimberly Belle
May 2025: Mystery Writers of America just announced the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners. In the category of BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, Kimberly Belle is the winner for her novel The Paris Widow.
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
April 2025: Hank Phillippi Ryan was just nominated for an Emmy award for her story called "A Bitter Pill: Gulf War Veterans Feel Betrayed By Government." She was the investigative reporter on a team of 4 from WHDH Boston which created this story.
Bret Witter
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
April 2025: Bret Witter has a new book out 04/29/25 titled Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and A Forever Promise Forged in World War II. The book begins in the pre-dawn hours of Hitler’s invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940, when his forces rolled into the small rural province of Limburg in the Netherlands shattering more than 100 years of peace.
Kimberly Belle
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Kimberly Belle
April 2025: Kimberly Belle has co-written Book #2 of the Widows series with Vanessa Lillie, Layne Fargo and Cate Holahan. Desperate Deadly Widows unfolds as an edge-of-your-seat thriller where desperation wears stilettos, trust is a poker chip, and redemption comes at the cost of everything you thought you knew.
Kennedy Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Kimberly Belle
March 2025: Ryan Kennedy has a new book due to be published in May of 2025. Good Reads has placed Can't Get Enough on the list of 84 Most Anticipated Books of Spring! Can't Get Enough follows the slow-boil attraction between the fiercely independent Hendrix Barry and tech mogul Maverick Bell.
Marilyn Baron
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
February 2025: Marilyn Baron has a new contemporary romance novella, Bermuda Beach Holiday, that will be published February 12, 2025. What could be more romantic than partnering on a project with a handsome Italian prince in beautiful Bermuda, to do marketing and event planning for the Newport Bermuda Race? It’s not romantic at all if...
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Hank Phillippi Ryan
January 2025: Hank Phillippi Ryan's next book, All This Could Be Yours, will be published in September of 2025. A debut author has a blockbuster bestseller. Will it ruin her life? A glamorous book tour becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse chase in this new and captivating thriller.
Terri Parlato
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Terri Parlato
January 2024: Terri Parlato's newest novel was published on 12/24/24. Watch Your Back is a brilliantly twisting domestic thriller about a recently married couple who find their lives and relationship unraveling after a series of deadly accidents.
Vanessa Riley
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Terri Parlato
December 2024: Vanessa Riley's latest novel, A Wager at Midnight, will be published in March of 2025. In this Regency romance, a clever duke has made a wager with the now-widowed Viscountess who is the love of his life: To win a second chance with her, he will find husbands for her two sisters—or resign himself to a life of longing.
Dr. Daniel Black
Dr. Daniel Black
Dr. Daniel Black
November 2024: Dr. Daniel Black's newest book, Isaac's Song, will be published in in January of 2025. This is a poignant, emotionally exuberant novel about a young queer Black man finding his voice in 1980s Chicago—a novel of family, forgiveness and perseverance, for fans of The Great Believers and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous .
Karen White
Dr. Daniel Black
Dr. Daniel Black
November 2024: Karen White has a new book coming out in July of 2025. That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable family drama and mystery about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances.
Will Leitch
Dr. Daniel Black
Kimberly Belle
October 2024: Will Leitch's newest novel, Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride, will be published in May of 2025. It is a heartfelt and humorous novel which follows an Atlanta police officer who learns he has months to live and determines to get killed in the line of duty to provide for his son . . . but keeps failing in unexpected ways.
Kimberly Belle
Dr. Daniel Black
Kimberly Belle
October 2024: Kimberly Belle's newest novel, The Expat Affair, will be published in June of 2025. An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry.
Piper Huguley
Piper Huguley
Piper Huguley
September 2024: Ann Lowe, the pioneering fashion designer and American couturier, is getting the biopic treatment at TriStar thanks to Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter. The movie will be penned on the screenplay based on the book By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley.
Hannah Palmer
Piper Huguley
Piper Huguley
September 2024: Hannah Palmer's new book will be published in October and is titled The Pool is Closed. It is an exploration of the environmental policies and racial politics that shape access to clean water and the anxieties of raising children in a time of environmental catastrophe.
Soniah Kamal
Piper Huguley
Marilyn Baron
August 2024: A film adaptation of Soniah Kamal’s Unmarriageable is officially in the works! Told with wry wit and colorful prose, the story is a contemporary Pakistani take on Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood.
Marilyn Baron
Emily Carpenter
Marilyn Baron
July 2024: Marilyn's romance novel, The Case of the Forgotten Fragonard, is now a 2024 finalist in the Orange County Romance Writers competition.
Emily Carpenter
Emily Carpenter
Emily Carpenter
July 2024: Emily Carpenter, a former actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant, will have a new novel published on March 25, 2025. Gothictown promises to be another wonderful thriller.
Vanessa Riley
Emily Carpenter
Emily Carpenter
June 2024: Vanessa Riley won the Georgia Author of the Year award in the Mystery/Detective category for her book Murder in Drury Lane.
Daniel Black
Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry
June 2024: Dr. Daniel Black won the Georgia Author of the Year award in the Specialty Book category for his book Black on Black.
Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry
Patti Callahan Henry
June 2024: Patti Callahan Henry, a New York Times bestselling author, announced today that her newest book, The Story She Left Behind, will be available in bookstores on March 4, 2025.
Kennedy Ryan
Patti Callahan Henry
Colleen Oakley
June 2024: Kennedy Ryan's latest book, This Could Be Us, went on sale in March of this year. Amazon just named this novel one of 20 Best Books of 2024 so far! This is an amazing honor.
Colleen Oakley
Colleen Oakley
Colleen Oakley
June 2024: Colleen Oakley has just announced that her newest novel, Jan and Dan at the End of the World, will be available in bookstores on March 4, 2025. The book cover has not been revealed yet.
Wanda Morris
Colleen Oakley
Vanessa Riley
June 2024: Wanda Morris, an award-winning author, will be speaking about her new book, What You Leave Behind at the Atlanta History Center on Wednesday, June 26 at 7 p.m.
Vanessa Riley
Colleen Oakley
Vanessa Riley
June 2024: Vanessa Riley has been acting in the capacity of historian on the TV movie Sense and Sensibilities." The film is a period adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and highlights the hidden richness of people of color in the Regency era.
Kimberly Belle
Jessica Handler
Kimberly Belle
May 2024: Kimberly Belle has a new book with a publish date of June 11, 2024. In The Paris Widow, a dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller
Daniel Black
Jessica Handler
Kimberly Belle
May 2024: Dr. Daniel Black delivered the 2024 Spring Commencement address at Clark Atlanta University.
Jessica Handler
Jessica Handler
Jessica Handler
May 2024: Regal House Publishing just announced they are about to publish her new novel The World to See as part of their stellar Summer 2026 Frontlist season.
Rona Simmons
Jessica Handler
Jessica Handler
May 2024: Rona Simmons has just completed her newest book, No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944. The University of Missouri Press will officially release the book on the 80th anniversary of the events of this relatively unknown day in the war.
Karen White
Kimberly Brock
Kimberly Brock
April 2024: Karen White has a new book coming out in November 2024. The Author's Guide to Murder --- Think Agatha Christie meets Murder She Wrote. This is a witty locked room mystery and literary satire. The new novel is co-written with Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig, All three writers are New York Times bestselling authors.
Kimberly Brock
Kimberly Brock
Kimberly Brock
April 2024: Kimberly Brock has a new book slated for publication in October 2024. The Fabled Earth is Inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island. It is a sweeping story of family lore and the power of finding your own voice as Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide with a changing world.
Brian Panowich
Kimberly Brock
Brian Panowich
April 2024: Brian Panowich has a new book Nothing But The Bones and he spoke about his newest work at the Decatur Library on 04/17.
Marilyn Baron
Kimberly Brock
Brian Panowich
April 2024: Marilyn Baron will be presenting a workshop at the Georgia Romance Writers’ 2024 Moonlight & Magnolias conference "Genre Jumping: To Switch or not to Switch." The conference will take place October 3-5, 2024 at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Hotel in Norcross.
Daniel Black
Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews
March 2024: Dr. Daniel Black has been named a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for his exceptional essay collection BLACK ON BLACK
“Black on Black” explores themes that resonate deeply with readers, offering insight, empathy, and inspiration.
Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews
Mary Kay Andrews
March 2024: Mary Kay Andrews is set to launch her newest novel, Summers at the Saint on May 4, 2024
Kennedy Ryan
Mary Kay Andrews
Joshilyn Jackson
March 2024: Kennedy Ryan was featured on The Today Show. She was asked to provide her recommendations for reading material this month for the audience. Ryan highlighted a variety of novels belonging to different genres --- so that there was something for everyone — plus a pick to celebrate Women's History Month.
Joshilyn Jackson
Mary Kay Andrews
Joshilyn Jackson
March 2024: Joshilyn Jackson is about to move with her family to New York State.
Her last speaking engagement in the Atlanta area for a long while will be on Saturday, March 9 at 1:00 pm at the Foxtale Book Shoppe.