Southern Fiction

Appalachian Fiction Blends Stories of Two Girls Centuries Apart

Two young girls separated by half a millennium must summon every ounce of cunning and strength to save themselves and their loved ones from spiritual and physical annihilation in Jeffery L. Deal’s wonderfully imaginative The Rhythm of Grace on Standalone Mountain. A blend of fiction and history, the novel’s backdrop…

Peggy KurkowskiNovember 26, 2024

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Telling Stories of Folklore and Superstition in Southern Appalachia

Author Kimberly Brock shares stories of the place that inspired her new book. The Fabled Earth is a sweeping novel of family lore and the power of finding your own voice. Southern mythology and charm collide with personal reckoning in this dual-timeline story of three women connected in different ways to…

Kimberly BrockOctober 1, 2024

The Queen City Detective Agency by Snowden Wright

Fiction

Uncover a Criminal Conspiracy in New Southern Noir

Author Snowden Wright is a native son of small-town Meridian, Mississippi, familiarly known as Queen City for its “golden age” in the years between 1890-1930 when it was the largest city in the state and a center for railroads and manufacturing. In an interview from May 10, 2023 with the…

Linda HitchcockAugust 12, 2024

Fiction

Southern Novel “Little Tea” Unravels Past and Present in Rich Narrative

Every so often you read a novel so intricately and exquisitely crafted that it reaffirms an admiration for the whole art of writing. Little Tea by Claire Fullerton (Firefly Southern Fiction) accomplishes this considerable feat with sensitivity as graceful as Southern charm. But not everything about the tradition-steeped culture of…

Judy MorenoMay 1, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

A Southern-Fried Ghost Story Painted in “Charleston Green”

Charleston Green — the color of the South’s rebellion against the black paint provided for reconstruction, the hue was altered to a dark green tinge with dabs of yellow and blue. This is the backdrop for the stalwart citizens of Charleston, South Carolina. In her novel, Charleston Green (Bublish) author…

K.L. RomoJune 25, 2020

Fiction Romance

Second-Chance Romance Celebrates Southern Black Culture and Cuisine

When I saw the cover for Kennedy Ryan’s newest novel Before I Let Go (Forever), I thought two things: first, I wondered if she was expanding into women’s fiction, and second, that it had been a long time since I’d been to a party (more on that later). But above…

Y. M. NelsonNovember 17, 2022

Miscellany

Finalists Are Named for Southern Fiction Award

The Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction has announced its finalists. The annual award is given to a writer whose work is set in the South and exemplifies the tenets of Southern literature—quality of prose, originality, and authenticity of setting and characters. This year’s finalists are: Joshilyn Jackson, The Almost Sisters (William…

BookTribAugust 8, 2018

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“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Books don’t come with a “sell by” date, yet it sometimes seems that once the initial flurry of publicity heralding a debut passes, it is easy to overlook even a rare find. The temptation to grab a current bestseller may be too easy to resist, and you might miss some…

Linda HitchcockMay 11, 2022

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Clearly We “Don’t Know Tough”, Because “Friday Night Lights” Was Never Like This

In Eli Cranor’s searing Southern Gothic Don’t Know Tough (Soho Crime), three people at the ends of their ropes form an uneasy alliance – until it all blows up. Trent Powers is the new coach of the high school football team in Denton, Arkansas, “a small town nestled in the…

Neil NyrenFebruary 25, 2022

Fiction Romance

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

In Under the Southern Sky, Kristy Woodson Harvey masterfully weaves four points of view together with a friends-to-lovers story of grief, second chances and deep generational friendship. Amelia Buxton thought her life was on the right track. A successful journalist and reporter just published in The New York Times, and…

Tif MarceloApril 29, 2021

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Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

There’s so much to love about Michelle Muriel’s latest book of fiction, Westland (Little Cabin Books). It’s a fine history lesson set in Alabama shortly after the Civil War, where folks are trying their best to recover and rebuild — not only their homes and their land but also their…

Sherri DaleyMarch 30, 2022

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Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

Say the words “family keepsake,” and anyone in earshot will likely know what you mean. We humans have been passing down heirlooms to our children and our children’s children and their children for centuries. Often, it’s not the keepsake itself that is of value, but rather what it symbolizes to…

Susan MeissnerMarch 31, 2022

Fiction

Mary Adkins’ “Palm Beach” Serves as a Twisted Alternative to Your Average Beach Read

Why is it that any book with “beach” in the title automatically gets slotted in a weird sub-genre called “beach read,” implying a frothy, ephemeral confection and, frequently, a romance novel? Mary Adkins’ Palm Beach (HarperCollins) has been described as such in several publications, but this reviewer feels the designation…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 3, 2021

Fiction

Leesa Cross-Smith Writes a Sensitive and Touching Fiction in “This Close to Okay”

Two strangers meet by chance, put just enough trust in one another to share bits of their past, spend one intense weekend together and end up saving each other … what’s not to love? This Close To Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith kept me engrossed from beginning to end and was…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 12, 2021

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Silas House on His Influences, Religion and Writing Appalachian Literature

BookTrib is proud to share this previously unpublished conversational interview with Silas House. Silas House is the a bestselling and award-winning author of several novels, a handful of plays and one book of creative nonfiction. The following interview was conducted in November of 2013 by Linda Hitchcock, a frequent BookTrib…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 29, 2022

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Harmless Teenage Prank Prompts National Panic in “Now Is Not the Time to Panic”

Kevin Wilson delivers a witty and charming coming-of-age story in his latest novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic (Ecco). Twenty years ago, famous children’s author Frances Budge was an awkward teenage loner. She had no true friends, felt uncomfortable in her own skin, and believed there was more…

Jodé MillmanNovember 7, 2022

Appalachian Fiction Blends Stories of Two Girls Centuries Apart

Southern Novel “Little Tea” Unravels Past and Present in Rich Narrative

A Southern-Fried Ghost Story Painted in “Charleston Green”

Finalists Are Named for Southern Fiction Award

“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Clearly We “Don’t Know Tough”, Because “Friday Night Lights” Was Never Like This

Tall Poppy Review: “Under the Southern Sky” Shines With Effortless Storytelling

Turmoil of Reconstruction-Era Alabama Tests the Bonds of Family

Family Heirloom Connects an Heiress of America’s Past to Quests in a Fictional Present

Mary Adkins’ “Palm Beach” Serves as a Twisted Alternative to Your Average Beach Read

Leesa Cross-Smith Writes a Sensitive and Touching Fiction in “This Close to Okay”

Silas House on His Influences, Religion and Writing Appalachian Literature

Harmless Teenage Prank Prompts National Panic in “Now Is Not the Time to Panic”

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