As a newspaper reporter, Christi Daugherty ​began covering murders at the age of 22. She worked as a journalist for years in cities including Savannah, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. Her work eventually took her to England, where she wrote the international bestselling Night School series of thrillers for young adults under the name C. J. Daugherty. The Echo Killing is her first adult novel, set in Savannah, Georgia, and is the first book in the Harper McClain series.

In a Skype interview with Alison, Christi talks about finally getting the time and distance she needed to write a novel set in Savannah. She also shares her theory about why former journalists make such good crime fiction writers. She's also hoping Literary Atlanta listeners can help her solve a mystery surrounding the person to whom she dedicated The Echo Killing.

Christi Daugherty Author Website

https://christidaugherty.com/

April 18th – Virginia Eubanks at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/296/virginia-eubanks-automating-inequality-how

April 19th – Anne Farris Rosen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/277/anne-farris-rosen-deep-south-dispatch-memoir

2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction

http://chattahoocheereview.gsu.edu/townsend-prize/