The Cherry Blossom Festival is proud to announce that four esteemed authors will be participating in the Burgess Pigment Co. “Macon Connections” Authors Luncheon at 11:30am on Tuesday, March 24 at the Historic Idle Hour Country Club. The four authors attending are Elizabeth S. Craig, Miriam Johnson, William Rawlings, and Terry Kay. Find more information about this event on our website.

Tickets for this anticipated event can be purchased online at Mercer Ticket Sales and the cost is $35 per person (includes lunch).

Elizabeth S. Craig

Elizabeth writes the Southern Quilting mysteries for Penguin/NAL, the Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin/Berkley, and the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. Elizabeth’s blog was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. Elizabeth makes her home in Matthews, North Carolina, with her husband and two teenage children. Visit her blog.

Miriam R. Johnson

Miriam R. Johnson is a Christian, an entrepreneur, and the owner and broker of Properties in the South LLC, real-estate firm in Macon, GA. Her book, “What Has Happened to Church Folks?” was published in December. Although it is her first book, she is not a first-time author. In 2004, she wrote a play “The Last Train to Glory” to a sold-out audience at the Douglass Theater.

William Rawlings

Working first in the genre of “Southern suspense,” Rawlings’ first five novels have been commercially successful, earning great reviews and interest from Hollywood. More recently he has turned to writing non-fiction, and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines. His current book from Mercer University Press, titled A Killing on Ring Jaw Bluff, was named Finalist in History for the Georgia Author of the Year Awards in June 2014. Visit his website.

Terry Kay

A 2009 recipient of the Governor's Award in the Humanities, and a 2006 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, Terry Kay has been a sports writer and film/theater reviewer (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). He is the author of sixteen published works of adult fiction, including the recently released Song of the Vagabond Bird. Three of his novels have been produced as Hallmark Hall of Fame movies. He has received the Georgia Author of the Year award four times and in 2011, Kay was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Georgia Writers Association. Visit his website.