OFFICIAL PANEL SCHEDULE
9:30 am
Novels of Time & Place
GALLOWAY RECEPTION
presented by Forvis Mazars;
Bob Montgomery
Espionage, mayhem, and romance intertwine
as mystery writers weave webs of deception
their characters must unravel in three novels
with a distinct sense of time and place.
• Valerie Walley (moderator)
• Joseph Kanon – Shanghai
• Snowden Wright – The Queen City Detective Agency
• Juliet Grames – The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia
Art of the South
GALLOWAY FELLOWSHIP CENTER
presented by Marie & Brian Sanderson;
Lesly Gaynor Murray in Memory of
Stephen C. Edds
Gain a deeper understanding of Mississippi’s
natural beauty and one of our best known artists.
• Scott Naugle (moderator)
• Ken Murphy – My South Coast Home Revisited
• John G. Anderson – The Bicycle Logs of Walter Anderson
• Wesley L. Shoop – Mississippi’s Natural Heritage:
Photographs of Flora and Fauna
KidNote:
Master Storyteller
Kate DiCamillo
GALLOWAY SANCTUARY
presented by The Eudora Welty Foundation
Children’s literature expert Ellen Hunter Ruffin
speaks with two-time Newbery Medalist
Kate DiCamillo about the author’s latest story
of a plucky young girl, her quirky family,
and a not-so-scary ghost that longs for adventure.
• Ellen Hunter Ruffin (moderator)
• Kate DiCamillo – Ferris
Live-stream at
msbookfestival.com
Page to Screen
STATE CAPITOL 103
presented by Carolyn & Chris Ray;
Hon. David Neil McCarty
Nina Parikh, director of the Mississippi Film Office,
speaks with native Jacksonian and Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Beth Henley about her acclaimed work
Crimes of the Heart.
• Nina Parikh (moderator)
• Beth Henley – Crimes of the Heart
B E T H
H E N L E Y
family-
friendly