{"id":12,"date":"2024-04-11T10:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:56:37","slug":"meet-the-authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsandfiction.com\/meet-the-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”1805″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_margin=”-125px” top_margin_phone=”-30px” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][split_line_heading animation_type=”default” text_direction=”default” font_size=”120px” font_line_height=”normal” font_size_phone=”55px”]\n

Meet the Authors<\/h1>\n[\/split_line_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

To request an in-person or virtual speaking engagement with the Friends & Fiction team of host authors, please contact Christie Hinrichs at<\/span>\u00a0Authors\u00a0Unbound<\/a>, or view our<\/span>\u00a0SPEAKING PROFILE<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” 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MARY KAY ANDREWS<\/h3>\n

MARY KAY ANDREWS is the\u00a0New York Times<\/em> bestselling author of more than 30 novels (including Summers at the Saint<\/em>, <\/i>The Homewreckers; The Santa Suit; The Newcomer; Hello, Summer; Sunset Beach; The High Tide Club; The Weekenders; Beach Town; Save the Date; Ladies\u2019 Night; Christmas Bliss; Spring Fever; Summer Rental; The Fixer Upper; Deep Dish; Blue Christmas; Savannah Breeze; Hissy Fit; Little Bitty Lies;<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Savannah Blues<\/em>), and one cookbook,\u00a0The Beach House Cookbook<\/em>. Her brand-new 2026 novel is\u00a0Road Trip<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, she earned a B.A. in journalism from The University of Georgia. After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers including\u00a0The Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em>, where she spent the final ten years of her career, she left journalism in 1991 to write fiction. Her first novel,\u00a0Every Crooked Nanny<\/em>, was published in 1992 by HarperCollins. She went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name, Kathy Hogan Trocheck. In 2002, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication of\u00a0Savannah Blues<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To date, her novels have been published in German, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Dutch, Czech and Japanese. She and her family divide their time between Atlanta and Tybee Island, GA, where they cook up new recipes in three restored beach homes, The Breeze Inn, Ebbtide, and Coquina Cottage\u2014all named after fictional places in Mary Kay\u2019s novels, and all available to rent through Tybee Vacation Rentals. 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KRISTIN HARMEL<\/h3>\n

KRISTIN HARMEL is the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling,\u00a0USA Today<\/em>\u00a0bestselling, and #1 international bestselling author of\u00a0The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau<\/em>, The Paris Daughter, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, The Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker\u2019s Wife<\/em>, and a dozen other novels that have been translated into more than 30 languages and are sold all over the world. Her brand new novel in 2026 is\u00a0Meet Me in Paris.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin has been writing professionally since the age of 16, when she began her career as a sportswriter, covering Major League Baseball and NHL hockey for a local magazine in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late 1990s. In addition to a long magazine writing career, Kristin was also a frequent contributor to the national television morning show The Daily Buzz. Her first novel was published in 2006, and her books have been finalists for the Goodreads Choice Award and the Jewish Book Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin was born just outside Boston, Massachusetts and spent her childhood there, as well as in Worthington, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida\u2019s College of Journalism and Communications, she spent time living in Paris and Los Angeles and now lives in Orlando, with her husband and son. 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KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY<\/h3>\n

KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher\u2019s Weekly bestselling author of eleven novels including A Happier Life<\/em>,<\/i> Under the Southern Sky, The Peachtree Bluff series, The Wedding Veil and The Summer of Songbirds<\/em>. Her Peachtree Bluff series is currently in development with NBC with Kristy as co-writer and co-executive producer. She has TWO new novels coming in 2026:\u00a0Summer State of Mind<\/em> and\u00a0Falling For Peachtree Bluff<\/em>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristy blogs with her mom Beth Woodson on Design Chic about how creating a beautiful home can be the catalyst for creating a beautiful life. Design Chic is the inaugural member of\u00a0the design blogger hall of fame, sponsored by\u00a0Traditional Home,\u00a0<\/em>and winner of Amara\u2019s Best Luxury Blog, as chosen by Roberto Cavalli.<\/span><\/p>\n

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s school of journalism, she also holds a master\u2019s in English from East Carolina University, with a concentration in multicultural and transnational literature.\u00a0 She is a proud member of the\u00a0Tall Poppy Writers, serves on the board of The University of North Carolina\u2019s Library Board and the Beaufort Historical Association, and is a member of the University of North Carolina\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and her books have received numerous accolades including Southern Living\u2019s Most Anticipated Beach Reads, Entertainment Weekly\u2019s Spring Reading Picks, and Katie Couric\u2019s Most Anticipated Reads.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY<\/h3>\n

PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is a\u00a0New York Times<\/i>,\u00a0Globe and Mail,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0USA Today<\/i> bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Secret Book of Flora Lea<\/em>. She\u2019s also a podcast host of original content for her novels,\u00a0Surviving Savannah<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Becoming Mrs. Lewis<\/em>. Her latest novel is The Story She Left Behind.<\/em><\/a>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

She is the recipient of The Christy Award \u201cBook of the Year\u201d; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for\u00a0Becoming Mrs. Lewis<\/em>. She is the co-host and co-creator of the popular weekly online Friends & Fiction live web show and podcast. She\u2019s published in numerous anthologies, articles, and short story collections, including an Audible Original about Florence Nightingale, titled\u00a0Wild Swan,<\/em>\u00a0narrated by the Tony Award winner, Cynthia Erivo.\u00a0\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A full-time author and mother of three, she lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama with her husband, Pat Henry. 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MEG WALKER<\/h3>\n

Meg Walker is a 30-year veteran of the publishing industry and the co-founder, president, and director of marketing at Tandem Literary, a publicity and marketing firm for authors and publishers. As the managing director of Friends & Fiction, Meg is in charge of guest booking, promotion, and general cat herding. She often co-hosts F&F podcast episodes and joins Mary Kay, Kristin, Kristy, and Patti on the weekly web show.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding_phone=”10%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-left” animation_easing=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”82″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”default” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Accent-Color” icon_padding=”10px” pointer_events=”all” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-instagram” icon_size=”50″ url=”https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rsblockmtm\/”][nectar_icon icon_family=”fontawesome” icon_style=”default” icon_color_type=”color_scheme” icon_color=”Accent-Color” icon_padding=”10px” pointer_events=”all” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-twitter-square” icon_size=”50″ url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/rsblock\/”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in-from-right” animation_easing=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\n

RON BLOCK<\/h3>\n

Ron Block works as a manager at the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio. His passion for libraries, reading and cooking have fueled non-traditional library programs and community collaborations. 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MARY ALICE MONROE<\/h3>\n

Mary Alice Monroe was one of the five founding\u00a0authors of Friends & Fiction in 2020, but she left the group in the summer of 2021 to concentrate on her writing. She still joins Mary Kay, Kristin, Kristy, and Patti for occasional special events, including 2023\u2019s Friends & Fiction LIVE event in Charleston.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books, including her latest instant bestseller,\u00a0The Summer of Lost and Found.<\/i>\u00a0She\u00a0has also published children\u2019s books which complement the environmental themes she is known for in her adult novels. Monroe\u2019s middle grade series, written with Angela May,\u00a0The Islanders<\/i>, debuted #2 on the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0in 2021. Her bestselling novel\u00a0The Beach House<\/i>\u00a0is a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie.\u00a0Nearly 8 million copies of Mary Alice\u2019s books have been published worldwide, and she\u2019s earned numerous accolades and awards, including induction into the South Carolina Academy of Authors\u2019 Hall of Fame. 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