Rebecca Burns

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gone With the Wind, Georgia authors Rebecca Burns, Amanda Gable, Shelia P. Moses, and Patricia Sprinkle talk about the impact of Margaret Mitchell’s novel on their writing careers. Guests have the opportunity to view the Atlanta History Center’s exhibition, ... (more)Atlanta’s Book: The Lost “Gone With the Wind” Manuscript, which features the last four manuscript chapters of the book. Rebecca Burns is the former editor in chief for Atlanta magazine and author of Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation. Amanda Gable is the author of The Confederate General Rides North and winner of the 2010 Georgia Author of the Year Award for First Novel. Poet, writer, playwright, and producer Shelia P. Moses is the award-winning author of The Legend of Buddy Bush and I, Dred Scott, among other books for young readers. Patricia Sprinkle writes several series of mystery novels, including the Sheila Travis series, which features the popular novel, A Mystery Bred in Buckhead. Her book, Friday’s Daughter, was released in March.

*****NOW RE-SCHEDULED!*****In recognition of the upcoming King Holiday, author Rebecca Burns will discuss her latest publication Burial for a King, the story of seven days that changed the country. This engaging book encapsulates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., America’s shifting attitude ... (more)toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of southern city. For information call (404) 730-4001 x 100.

The former editor in chief of Atlanta magazine visits us with a very special book to help launch the observance of 2011’s Black History Month. It’s Burial for a King, a powerful, well-researched look at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968 and how that momentous event ... (more)transformed the city of Atlanta. Drawing on archival research and interviews with participants, the author brings us a vivid portrait of a tumultuous time with a complex story that quickly moves from Memphis to Atlanta to the White House. It is a powerful, gripping book that Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch calls ”a great tribute.” Burns is an author and journalist and the author of Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot.

Rebecca Burns signs her new book, Burial for a King; Rage in the Gate City; Atlanta: Yesterday and Today. Vicky Shecter signs Cleopatra Rules; Alexander the Great. Terry Martin-Hart signs history of Avondale Estates. Melissa Walker signs the international award ... (more)winning A Place for Delta.

Join Us for Our 2010 Holiday Author Party Join us for the Atlanta Press Club's Holiday Author Party on Monday, December 6 at 200 Peachtree Street, formerly Macy's department store. The APC Holiday Author Party is one of Atlanta’s most anticipated seasonal events for the media. We will have upwards ... (more)of 300 of Atlanta’s top journalists, media professionals and public relations representatives this year as we host approximately 30 local and national authors who will be signing their latest works. Barnes & Noble will have the books available for purchase. Cash bars and heavy appetizers will be served. Don't forget to stop by the silent auction table for great deals on your favorite attractions, vacation destinations and gifts! WHEN Monday, December 6, 2010 from 6:30-9:30PM If you join or renew your membership and purchase one Holiday Author Party ticket you will receive the second ticket for FREE! WHERE 200 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Please click here for directions. Please note that the Parking Deck is located on 150 Carnegie Way, one block down on your right(between Fairlie & Cone). R.S.V.P. APC members may purchase a ticket at the member price of $20 and $20 for one guest through December 3. After December 3 member ticket prices increase to $25. If you join or renew your membership and purchase one Holiday Author Party ticket you will receive the second ticket for FREE! Non-member tickets are $35 through December 3. After December 3 non-members tickets increase to $40. To make reservations please click the link below or call (404) 577-7377. Tickets will also be available to purchase at the door. Refunds will not be granted after Friday, Dec. 3 Featured Authors at the 2010 Holiday Author Party: Mary Kay Andrews is the author of many New York Times bestselling books including Savannah Breeze and Blue Christmas. Andrews will be signing copies of her most recent novel The Fixer Upper. For more information on the author and her book please see http://www.marykayandrews.com/content... . Jeannette Montgomery Barron ( http://www.jeannettemontgomerybarron.... ) will be signing her new series entitled My Mothers Clothes: An Album of Memories, which is comprised of color photographs of her mother’s vintage clothing spanning from the late 1950’s through the mid-80’s. Rebecca Burns is an author and journalist who focuses on Southern history, race relations, and the intersection of race, religion and politics. Burns will be signing her recent book, Atlanta: Yesterday & Today, a tribute to one of America’s most energetic and progressive cities. The book celebrates the character, moxie, and extraordinary history that combined to earn Atlanta its status as the capital of the New South. For more information on Rebecca Burns please see http://www.rebecca-burns.com/ . New York Times Best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry ( http://www.patticallahanhenry.com/ ) in her new novel The Perfect Love Song writes of a man who must decide between a life of musical fame and the woman he loves who inspired his biggest song sensation. Jackie G. Cushman ( http://www.jackiecushman.com/ ) is a nationally syndicated columnist and best-selling author of 5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours, which she co-wrote with her father Newt Gingrich. Jackie will be signing her upcoming book The Essential American: 21 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Read, which will be released in November. Joseph Dabney, Atlanta author and folklorist, will be signing his latest cookbook The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking which share 130 delicacies from the South Carolina and Georgia coasts. Alan Deutschman ( http://www.alandeutschman.com/ ) will be signing Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders, which presents true and inspiring stories of authentic leadership for tough times. Elizabeth Dulemba ( http://dulemba.com ) and Susan Rosson Spain ( http://www.susanspain.com ) will be signing their latest children's book, 12 Days of Christmas in Georgia. Spain is the author and Dulemba is the illustrator. Nate Evans ( http://www.nateevans.com/ ) is a New York Time's best selling author and illustrator. Evans will be signing his latest children's book, The Jellybeans and the Big Book. Echo Garrett ( http://www.echogarrett.com/ ) is the author of several books and whose work can be read in many publications including Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Echo will be signing her book Why Don't They Just Get a Job?: One Couple's Mission to End Poverty in Their Community. Atlanta Press Club member Mickey Goodman ( http://www.ninelivesofamarriage.com/ ) will be signing Nine Lives of a Marriage - A Curious Journey with co-author and Holocaust survivor, Eva Friedlander. This incredible true story has been praised as 'one of the most important stories of the day.' After reading it you no doubt will feel the same. Dr.Tom Harbin ( http://www.wakingupblind.com/ ), exposes the lawsuits in his latest book Waking up Blind that tell the story of this medical scandal from the very beginning. Former Atlanta Braves' All-Star Brian Jordan ( http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/20... ) will be signing his children's book, Overcoming the Fear of Baseball, which encourages children of all ages to overcome their fears, by never giving up. Michael Kanell ( http://www.presimetrics.com/ ) explains in his new book, Presimetrics: What the Facts Tell Us About How the Presidents Measure Up On the Issues We Care About, more than just how Presidents did what they did. It’s about policy. See, it turns out that on many issues, administrations that did well shared similar policies. On the other hand, Presidents that did poorly often took the same approach as others that also did poorly. Elliott Mackle ( http://www.elliottmacklebooks.com ), winner of the Lambda Award-finalist for Best Gay Men’s Mystery, will be signing his latest novel, Captain Harding's Six Day War about a solider's personal battle to come out of the closet. Maryn McKenna ( http://www.superbugthebook.com/ ) blogger for Wired and former AJC reporter, will sign her latest book Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA, a narrative investigation of a global epidemic hiding in plain sight in hospitals, families and farms. Martha Nesbitt ( http://authors.simonandschuster.com/M... ) is a cookbook writer and food columnist for Savannah Magazine. Nesbitt will be signing her new cookbook Savannah Celebrations: Simple Southern Party Menus. Dining editor at statewide business magazine Georgia Trend, Krista Reese ( http://www.kristareese.com ) will be signing her cookbook Atlanta Kitchens: Recipes from Atlanta’s Best Restaurants. Former reporter and entrepreneur Kevin Salwen ( http://www.thepowerofhalf.com/ ) is the co-author of The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving, a story of how one family grew closer as they discovered that half could be so much more. Mara Shalhoup, Editor-in-Chief of Creative Loafing Atlanta, and board member of the Atlanta Press Club will be signing her book BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family ( http://www.atlantamagazine.com/februa... ). Laurel Snyder ( http://www.randomhouse.com/author/res... ) in her children's book, Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher, presents a series of misunderstandings that lead to a warm message of welcome and community. Jeffrey Stepakoff ( http://www.jeffreystepakoff.com/ ) writes in his novel Fireworks over Toccoa, a poignant tale of love and loss, of making choices and letting go. Award-winning author and teacher Melanie Sumner ( http://www.melanie-sumner.com ) will be signing The Ghost of Milagro Creek, a story woven with teen love and tragedy and set in the evocative landscape of Taos, N.M. Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, writes about her hometown and the trauma it endured during one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history-Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ( http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-... ). Wendy Wax's ( http://www.authorwendywax.com/ ) latest novel Magnolia Wednesdays is a story of woman's courage to pursue her dreams despite the tremendous odds. Susan Rebecca White offers a thought-provoking princess-and-the-pauper scenario: Two sisters who grow up in luxury are separated by fate in her novel, A Soft Place to Land ( http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/susan-re... ). Isabel Wilkerson is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. Her latest book The Warmth of Other Suns ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/boo... ) is new history of the black migration in America, which carried millions of Southerners northward or westward. Former sports reporter, Jack Wilkinson ( http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/20... ) will be signing his sixth book Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball, which chronicles Pete Van Wieren's time as the 'voice of America's Team'-The Atlanta Braves. Award-winning author Morasha Winokur ( http://www.thechancerchronicles.com/i... ) will be signing her latest book, My Invisible World: Life with my Brother, his Disability and his Service Dog, which describes how dreams and challenges can become understood and embraced when a specially trained Behavioral Assistance Dog joins her family.

As we've been telling you for a while now, A Cappella turns 20 years old this December 1, and we continue to celebrate with a 20% off sale on EVERY USED BOOK IN THE STORE. Now,we're thrilled to announce that on the first weekend of December, we're going to really celebrate with A WEEKEND OF 20 AUTHORS. ... (more)On December 5 and 6, from 12-5pm, we will present two authors each hour in Opal Gallery talking not just about their own books, but about a favorite book of theirs, by someone else. For instance, Marc Fitten, whose debut novel Valeria's Last Stand has been an international bestseller and has received rave reviews here, will talk about the book that made him want to be a writer, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Bestselling and award-winning author Joshilyn Jackson will share the work of the under-appreciated author Frank Turner Hollon. The outrageous Hollis Gillespie will speak on her admiration for the cool and controlled writing of Joan Didion in Book of Common Prayer. Spelman professor and author Jelani Cobb, whose work has focused on the Civil Rights Era and Hip Hop culture, will read from Pete Hamill's Piecework. It's going to be the most interesting weekend we've had in 20 years. In addition to 20 great authors whom we've gotten to know through the years, we'll be entertained by some of Atlanta's most enduring musical artists, who have also played a role in A Cappella's history: Slim Chance, Mudcat, Caroline Herring and Bill Taft of Hubcap City, to name a few. Read the Access Atlanta article about this event and our anniversary at http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/20....