Florida author Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries.

Jane Tesh writes several Southern mystery series.

A.C. Mason's novels feature Susan Foret, mystery writer, and are set in South Louisiana.

Spotlight on Author Mike Nemeth.

New Orleans is a welcoming place, a town where visitors can release their inhibitions and don their natural personalities.

Jason Reed writes novels about his home in South Louisiana, what he calls "a wonderfully weird, welcoming place."

Kimberly Willis Holt is an award-winning author who incorporates experiences in Louisiana in her youth within her stories.

A guest blog post by Karen Ott Mayer, who writes from Moon Hollow Farm, located among towering trees in north Mississippi’s Hill Country.

There are many indie bookstores in the South but the award goes to Mississippi, known for some of the finest American literary figures.

A marble statue becomes immortal in fiction. William Oliver Wolfe was a stonecutter who created tombstones and monuments from his shop in...

This short story was originally published in The Times of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. It became part of my second book of The Viola...

Scavenger hunt celebrates 60th anniversary of cherished book. Children love reading about animals and there’s something so adorable about...

Every Christmas Eve folks along the River Parishes, what we call counties outside Louisiana, build massive wooden bonfires along the...

I’ve found that many Americans hail from cities, but they move away and are happily identified with their new home. For those of us...

Annual literary award honors outstanding African-American authors.

Oxford, Mississippi, is the perfect literary weekend getaway.

Southern hotels that honor writers.

Powerful attraction in one small bag.

Five favorite Deep South bookstores.