WHAT ARE PREVIOUS AA SPEAKERS UP TO THESE DAYS?

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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. 

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. 

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. 

 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. 

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...  

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.

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.

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.

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  .

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

 May 2024: Dr. Daniel Black delivered the 2024 Spring Commencement address at Clark Atlanta University.  

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

 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.

March 2024: Mary Kay Andrews is set to launch her newest novel, Summers at the Saint on May 4, 2024  

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. 

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.