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January Literary Luncheons

Jan. 14 ~ Diane Chamberlain (The Last House on the Street) at Pawleys Plantation ($35)


1965 – Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain
type of proper Southern lady. Enrolled in college and all but engaged to a bank manager, Ellie isn’t as committed
to her expected future as her family believes. She’s chosen to spend her summer break as a volunteer helping to
register black voters. But as Ellie follows her ideals fighting for the civil rights of the marginalized, her
scandalized parents scorn her efforts, and her neighbors reveal their prejudices. And when she loses her heart to a
fellow volunteer, Ellie discovers the frightening true nature of the people living in Round Hill. 2010 – Architect
Kayla Carter and her husband designed a beautiful house for themselves in Round Hill’s new development,
Shadow Ridge Estates. It was supposed to be a home where they could raise their three-year-old daughter and
grow old together. Instead, it’s the place where Kayla’s husband died in an accident―a fact known to a
mysterious woman who warns Kayla against moving in. The woods and lake behind the property are reputed to be
haunted, and the new home has been targeted by vandals leaving threatening notes. And Kayla’s neighbor Ellie
Hockley is harboring long buried secrets about the dark history of the land where her house was built. Two
women. Two stories. Both on a collision course with the truth—no matter what that truth may bring to light–in
Diane Chamberlain’s riveting, powerful novel about the search for justice.


Jan. 21 ~ Kerri Maher (The Paris Bookseller) at Kimbel’s, Wachesaw ($35)


Discover the dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most
important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in the White
Gloves. When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris
in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare
and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the most prominent writers of the Lost
Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It’s where some of the most important literary
friendships of the twentieth century are forged—none more so than the one between Irish writer James Joyce and
Sylvia herself. When Joyce’s controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it
under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company. But the success and notoriety of publishing the most infamous
and influential book of the century comes with steep costs. The future of her beloved store itself is threatened
when Ulysses’ success brings other publishers to woo Joyce away. Her most cherished relationships are put to the
test as Paris is plunged deeper into the Depression and many expatriate friends return to America. As she faces
painful personal and financial crises, Sylvia—a woman who has made it her mission to honor the life-changing
impact of books—must decide what Shakespeare and Company truly means to her.


Jan. 28 ~ Fiona Davis (The Magnolia Palace) at Pawleys Plantation ($62 incl. book)


Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel
about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.
Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter’s life
has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most
sought-after artists’ models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza
Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work
has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an
employment opportunity at the Frick mansion—a building that, ironically, bears her own visage—Lillian jumps at
the chance. But the longer she works as a private secretary to the imperious and demanding Helen Frick, the
daughter and heiress of industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick, the more deeply her life gets intertwined
with that of the family—pulling her into a tangled web of romantic trysts, stolen jewels, and family drama that
runs so deep, the stakes just may be life or death. Nearly fifty years later, mod English model Veronica Weber has
her own chance to make her career—and with it, earn the money she needs to support her family back home—
within the walls of the former Frick residence, now converted into one of New York City’s most impressive
museums. But when she—along with a charming intern/budding art curator named Joshua—is dismissed from
the Vogue shoot taking place at the Frick Collection, she chances upon a series of hidden messages in the
museum: messages that will lead her and Joshua on a hunt that could not only solve Veronica’s financial woes, but
could finally reveal the truth behind a decades-old murder in the infamous Frick family.

For reservations, 843.235.9600 or visit www.ClassAtPawleys.com.

December Literary Luncheons

For 24 years, the Moveable Feast has been held at area restaurants throughout the year on Fridays (and some
Tuesdays), 11 AM-1 PM. The author’s presentation precedes the meal. For each feast, the chef prepares an exquisite
menu, typically unavailable during the restaurant’s public hours. Food allergies and Lent are accommodated with
advance notice. Individuals, couples, friends, book clubs and other small groups are assigned table seating at four-,
six- and eight-tops. Through 2021, most Feasts are $30, with books available for purchase and signing at the event.
*Exceptions are noted when the book is included in the ticket. Beginning in 2022, each Moveable Feast is priced
individually. The base price will be $35, however increased venue costs, book with ticket, and author fees will be
accommodated.

For reservations, 843.235.9600 or visit www.ClassAtPawleys.com

Dec. 3 ~ Kevin Mitchell and David Shields (Taste the State: Signature Foods,
Recipes and their Stories) at The Village House, Litchfield ($30)


From the influence of 1920s fashion on asparagus growers to an heirloom watermelon lost and found, Taste the
State abounds with surprising stories from South Carolina’s singularly rich food tradition. Here, Kevin Mitchell
and David S. Shields present engaging profiles of eighty-two of the state’s most distinctive ingredients, such as
Carolina Gold rice, Sea Island White Flint corn, and the cone-shaped Charleston Wakefield cabbage, and
signature dishes, such as shrimp and grits, chicken bog, okra soup, Frogmore stew, and crab rice. These portraits,
illustrated with original photographs and historical drawings, provide origin stories and tales of kitchen creativity
and agricultural innovation. Historical “receipts” and modern recipes, including Chef Mitchell’s distillation of
traditions in Hoppin’ John fritters, okra and crab stew, are also provided. Kevin Mitchell is a 2020-21 SC Chef
Ambassador and the first African-American instructor at the Culinary Institute of Charleston.

Tues, Dec. 7 ~ Roger Newman (Will O’ the Wisp: Madness, War & Recompense), Ocean One ($30)


Polarizing, fire-eating discourse, propaganda, and aversion to reason bred secession madness in Charleston, S.C.
and sold rebellion to a population with virtually nothing to gain and everything to lose. Men who should have
known better and had become inured to the abomination of human bondage failed to step up. As Southern
nationalists raced into Civil War, blockade runner Jack Holmes and wealthy Charleston shipping magnate,
George A. Trenholm, do what they can to sustain their city and the Confederacy. Their actions and experiences
result in a sweeping adventure story played out on both the land and sea. With the outcome of the war obvious,
Jack Holmes and George Trenholm conspire to steal the Confederate gold as Jefferson Davis flees a burning
Richmond. The two men accept their responsibility for what proved to be a misguided and tragic rebellion and
seek to adapt and redeem themselves in a post-slavery South.

Literary Luncheon

For 24 years, the Moveable Feast has been held at area restaurants throughout the year on Fridays (and some
Tuesdays), 11 AM-1 PM. The author’s presentation precedes the meal. For each feast, the chef prepares an exquisite
menu, typically unavailable during the restaurant’s public hours. Food allergies and Lent are accommodated with
advance notice. Individuals, couples, friends, book clubs and other small groups are assigned table seating at four-,
six- and eight-tops. Through 2021, most Feasts are $30, with books available for purchase and signing at the event.
*Exceptions are noted when the book is included in the ticket. Beginning in 2022, each Moveable Feast is priced
individually. The base price will be $35, however increased venue costs, book with ticket, and author fees will be
accommodated.

For reservations, 843.235.9600 or visit www.ClassAtPawleys.com.

Nov. 26 ~ Robert McAlister (Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay) at Caffe Piccolo ($30)

Local author (Pawleys Island: An Old Man’s Love Story) and wooden boat enthusiast (Cruising Through Life)
“Mac” McAlister shares the epic history of Winyah Bay’s wooden boats, stretching back to 1526 when Spanish
explorers sailed through the inlet and were greeted by Native Americans in dugout canoes. Spanning the
beginnings of the legacy of rice and indigo plantations in the early 1700s to Lafayette’s landing at Winyah Bay in
1777, the book covers the end of the lumber boom from the end of the Civil War until the beginning of World
War II when hundreds of wooden schooners loaded lumber in the Port of Georgetown and braved storms off Cape
Hatteras to deliver cargo to northern cities, while fishermen fished the rivers and the bay in wooden dories,
bateaux, and skiffs. Historic photographs, restored by Anne Swift Malarich, illustrate the fascinating history of the
rare ecological treasure that is Winyah Bay.

Holiday Book Events

Nov. 28, 1-4 PM: Book Signings at Pawleys Island Old Town Hall

The Waccamaw Neck Arts Alliance is holding a Christmas exhibit at the Old Town Hall, Nov. 19-29, 10 AM-3 PM daily, with terrific artwork by local artists at reasonable prices. The two Sundays will feature book signings with Tanya Ackerman (Chasing the Light and Seasons of Light), Marc Davison (Beach House Card Tricks and More …), Millie Doud (Caretta’s Great Adventure), Mac McAlister (Pawleys Island: An Old Man’s Love Story and Wooden Ships on Winyah Bay) and Billy Woodson (Waccamaw Gold).

Tuesday, Nov. 30, 5-7 PM: Special Dessert Party at Litchfield Books 

Best-selling “Cake-Mix Doctor” Anne Byrn presents her newest baking book – New Take on Cake: 175 Beautiful, Doable Cake Mix Recipes for Bundts, Layers, Slabs, Loaves, Cookies, and More! Icing demonstrations, coffee, desserts, a book signing, and a presentation by the author. $5, purchase tickets ahead or at the door at Litchfield Books (11421 Ocean Hwy, in the Fresh Market Commons). 

Friday, Dec. 3, Noon-4 PM: FOWL Holiday Book Sale at Waccamaw Library

Wonderful like-new holiday books, puzzles, cookbooks, coffee table books and children’s books. Noon-2 PM, Cindy Hedrick will be signing her books Tails from SC CARES and Love at First Sight. At 2:30 PM, join us for Story Time with Lee Brockington reading Caretta’s Great Adventure, written and illustrated by Millie Doud and published by CLASS LLC as a fundraiser for the Friends of Waccamaw Library. Books will be available for purchase ($15) and signing. 

Faux Finished, A Mystery by Dawn Dixon Published

CLASS Publishing is pleased to announce the release of Faux Finished, a cozy mystery by Dawn Dixon, winner of Malice Domestic’s William F. Deeck Grant for Unpublished Writers. She’s written for local, regional and national publications for more than 20 years and worked as a communications specialist and financial editor in corporate America.

Faux Finished is her first novel. In it, decorative painter Bridget O’Brien is working late at the Magnolia Blossom Country Club when she hears noises in the dark deserted clubhouse. Investigating, she stumbles over a body in the men’s locker room. A business woman in Chapel Hill, N.C., Bridget’s neglected her family as she dealt with personal demons. But when her estranged teenage daughter confesses to the murder, Bridget finally gets her priorities. She charges into a wacky, reckless investigation to clear her daughter’s name. But is the child really innocent? Dodging police, Bridget blitzes through clues and suspects, managing to stay on the right side of the law … just. Despite family secrets frustrating her efforts, and bonding and redemption with loved ones almost out of reach, Bridget targets the killer amid the March Madness of a UNC-Duke basketball game. The teams battle. The crowd erupts. Is Bridget in over her head?

“Faux Finished delivers what makes a cozy mystery fun: interesting characters to spend time with, a peek behind the scenes of a decorative painter’s life, loads of true Southern zaniness during a college basketball season, and a puzzle worth solving,” writes author Cathy Pickens, winner of St. Martin’s Malice Domestic Award for Best Traditional Mystery.

Dixon claims Charlotte, N.C., as home, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as her own personal utopia, although she’s residing in South Carolina’s Lowcountry for the time being. Visit her website at www.DawnDixon.net.

The book will be featured at a Moveable Feast on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 11 AM-1 PM at The Village House in Litchfield.  Tickets are $30 per person and include a presentation by the author followed by lunch catered by the Divine Group of Murrells Inlet.

Reservations may be made by calling 843.235.9600 or online at www.ClassAtPawleys.com. Books will be available at the event ($20) for signing, or in advance from Litchfield Books or the publisher at www.ClassAtPawleys.com.

February Literary Luncheons

Feb. 5 ~ Horace Mungin (Notes from 1619: A Poetic 400-Year Reflection) at Hot Fish Club

A writer and poet, born in South Carolina and raised in New York City, Horace Mungin has published two collections of poetry and several other books. He was a paratrooper with the 82nd airborne division and attended college at Fordham University in NYC. Mungin’s brave attempt to fight against the multiple manifestations of injustice imposed by the conscious erasure of African American history is in keeping with the best of contemporary African American literature. Like Daniel Black in his poetic and powerful novel, which deftly imagines the horrors of the Middle Passage, Mungin takes us back to the Cape Coast of Africa and tells the story of Khadija, “born to a time of trouble,” who was captured, imprisoned and carried on the last known slave ship, Clotilda “to look upon the world/That dark day of the/Darkest days in America.” And so it begins, the narrative journey that sweeps through these poems describing the African experience in America, “in this vacuum where there is no God.” In the pivotal poem “America,” Mungin lays it all out for us, echoing Langston Hughes’s famous poem: “Let’s start at the beginning – America/ Has never been America…..It was a mirage from the very/ Beginning – maybe even a deception, a hoax/A Myth and an elegantly grand dishonesty.” From the “hocus pocus” of the ways in which the Constitution did not apply to black people, to the failures of Reconstruction and all that follows, Mungin weaves our history together until the present day. This is a narrative we’ve never heard told in quite this way, and it provides a context and an understanding long missing from our national conversation.


Feb. 12 ~ Kathryn Smith and Kelly Durham (FDR’s Convention Conspiracy, A Missy LeHand Mystery) at Ocean One, Litchfield

When Presidential Secretary Missy LeHand receives a bombshell photo and attached note in the mail revealing the full nature of FDR’s disability, she knows trouble is brewing. And then another picture with the same message arrives, and another. With the Democratic National Convention just days away, President Roosevelt calls in FBI Special Agent Corey Wainwright to help with the investigation. Meanwhile, Hollywood reporter Joan Roswell has a new boss, a charismatic media mogul who sends her to Washington to procure an interview with the President about the exact nature of his disability. Are the two related? And what’s the end game here? Kathryn Smith and Kelly Durham deliver again – with a little help from Bette Davis – in this history-spiced mystery, their fourth in the Miss LeHand mystery series. You’ll remember Kathryn from prior Moveable Feasts featuring her biographies of Marguerite LeHand and Gertrude Legendre. *Feb. 19 ~ Susan Meissner (The Nature of Fragile Things) at Kimbel’s, Wachesaw ($58 incl. book) A mail-order bride desperate to get out of New York marries a mysterious San Francisco widower whose 5-year-old child does not speak, but her hastily cobbled-together happiness is forever changed by a massive earthquake that shakes up everything… 1905 – Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so anxious to get out of a Lower Manhattan tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin’s silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. Here is a novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity…


Feb. 26 ~ Carl DiLorenzo (How to Keep Your Faith) at Caffe Piccolo


Written for his children and grandchildren to prevent them from experiencing the confusion he felt about his own father’s religious beliefs, DiLorenzo’s memoir How to Keep Your Faith, When all Around You are Losing Theirs, is an honest recollection of his childhood growing up as an Italian and Catholic kid in a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Documenting the hilarious and tragic events that made him believe in God one minute and doubt His existence the next, he examines the people and events that helped shape his faith and the valuable lessons learned from those on his block who were of different religious and ethnic backgrounds.


For 3 years, the Moveable Feast has been held at area restaurants throughout the year on Fridays (and some Tuesdays), 11 AM-1 PM. During the Covid-19 re-opening, we will be observing several precautions: half-capacity at the restaurants, social distancing, as well as masks required on entrance and through the author’s presentation and book signing. The presentation precedes the meal. For each feast, the chef prepares an exquisite menu, typically unavailable during the restaurant’s public hours. (Food allergies are accommodated with advance notice. Also, if you observe Lent, we need to know in advance.) Individuals, couples, friends, book clubs and other small groups are assigned table seating in fours and sixes. Most Feasts are $30, with books available for purchase and signing at the event. *Exceptions are noted when the book is included in the ticket. For reservations, 843.235.9600 or visit ClassAtPawleys.com.

Literary Luncheon Announced


For 23 years, the Moveable Feast has been held at area restaurants throughout the year on Fridays (and some Tuesdays), 11 AM-1 PM. During the Covid-19 re-opening, we will be observing several precautions: half-capacity at the restaurants, social distancing, as well as masks required on entrance and through the author’s presentation and book signing.

The presentation precedes the meal. For each feast, the chef prepares an exquisite menu, typically unavailable during the restaurant’s public hours. (Food allergies are accommodated with advance notice. Also, if you observe Lent, we need to know in advance.) Individuals, couples, friends, book clubs and other small groups are assigned table seating in fours and sixes. Most Feasts are $30, with books available for purchase and signing at the event. *Exceptions are noted when the book is included in the ticket. For reservations, 843.235.9600 or visit ClassAtPawleys.com.

Jan. 29 ~ Steve Schonveld (Front Row on Death Row) at Inlet Affairs A young middle-school vice principal is encouraged to join a prison volunteer program by the father of one of his students, an ex-con who has turned his life around. They arrive at South Carolina’s Lieber Correctional Institution, and with very little preparation, the author finds himself admitted as a visitor to Death Row. He begins having personal conversations with the condemned inmates, and over the course of six different visits and numerous frank discussions, finds his beliefs about the death penalty, incarceration, and indeed the human condition – changed forever. Born and raised in West Michigan, Steve moved to Charleston, S.C., to accept a teaching position upon graduation from Western Michigan University. He received his Master’s Degree from The Citadel. Currently, Steve is an Assistant Principal in the Charleston County School District and is active in the community.

McKenzie Beach Memories

CLASS Publishing is pleased to announce the availability of a new children’s book – that is great for adults, too. McKenzie Beach Memories recounts a special summer’s experiences recollected by Pawleys Island resident Johnny L. Ford, as told to and written by Ron Daise, Vice President for Creative Education at Brookgreen Gardens. The story is illustrated with powerfully vibrant paintings by award-winning artist Natalie Daise.

McKenzie Beach, one of the first African American Resorts on the East Coast, opened in June 1934. Founded by Frank McKenzie and Lillian Pyatt, it was named The Magnolia Beach Club. It covered 23 acres of oceanfront property in Pawleys Island, S.C., at the south end of the Grand Strand between Myrtle Beach and Charleston. Its importance then was as a beach for African-Americans at a time when direct access to the Atlantic oceanfront in the Jim Crow South was extremely limited. This was the place where people from all over traveled to hear Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and other great singers and musicians perform. In October 1954, Hurricane Hazel, a Category 4 storm, completely destroyed the beach property. At that time, Frank McKenzie couldn’t obtain funds for rebuilding; development of Litchfield Beach had begun, and it grew difficult for blacks to secure bank loans. A smaller motel was built closer to Highway 17. The ruins remain visible today. But McKenzie Beach Memories captures a coming-of-age recollection for its 9-year-old protagonist during the resort’s heyday.

Ford’s story inspired the self-taught, visionary artist Natalie Daise to create 22 acrylic canvases which will be on display and for sale at Brookgreen Gardens’ Wall Lowcountry Center from Sept. 5 through Oct. 16, from 12:00 – 4:30 p.m. daily. For more than 30 years, Daise has demonstrated her belief in the positive power of stories through interactive learning opportunities, as well as in the performing and visual arts. Whether as “Ms. Natalie” on Nick Jr.’s award-winning television program, Gullah Gullah Island, or as recipient of South Carolina’s highest honor, The Order of the Palmetto, Natalie is committed to entertain, educate, empower and inspire. Her work in McKenzie Beach Memories is testament to that commitment.

The book ($16.95) is available at Art Works in the Litchfield Exchange, Keepsakes in Brookgreen Gardens, Litchfield Books and The Original Hammock Shop in Pawleys Island, The Rice Museum in Georgetown, and nataliedaiseart.com. For additional exhibit information, contact info@brookgreen.org.

Coffee With the Authors

Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, NC will feature author Bobby Hunt as part of its ongoing Coffee With the Authors series
Thursday, June 25 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon . Hunt has co-authored They Call Me Panda along with his son Matt Hunt.  The book is a humorous story of a father and son bonding over months as they hiked the legendary Appalachian Trail, a 2,200-mile torturous path winding through 13 states from Georgia to Main. It is the true tale of the characters they met, the wildlife they encountered and mishaps that befell them. This novel took them years in the making between bouts of wine, beer, disagreements, erroneous recall and arguments.

This event is free, but due to the Covid 19 pandemic, seating is limited so chairs can be placed at six-foot intervals. Call 910.575.5999 to hold your spot. Coffee and tea will be served.


Wildlife photographer Gary W. Baird

From Friday, July 3 through Saturday, August 1, Sunset River Marketplace will present Baird’s Birds, an exhibition of wildlife photography by Carolina Shores, NC artist Gary W. Baird. The public is invited on opening day from 4 to 7 p.m. to meet the artist and view the exhibition for the first time.


tricolor Heron photographed by Gary W. Baird

Baird, an avid backpacker, first became interested in photography during his teenage years in California and Colorado. He carried his first camera through the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains. Baird’s work has been featured in assorted publications and books. He was honored in the Audubon Society Photo contest where his work earned a spot in the Top 100 out of more than 8,000 entries. Locally, his photographs have earned a Grand Prize, Photography Division at Sunset Visions and Best Wildlife in Coastal Carolina Exhibit and Fort Fisher Aquarium


Eagle Launch photographed by Gary W. Baird

Painted Bunting photographed by Gary W. Baird

Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery, sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry.

There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes are currently being offered on a limit basis. Call the gallery for details.

The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467.  Hours are Monday – Saturday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.

Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet North Carolina State mandates, Sunset River Marketplace requests that patrons wear face coverings and requires the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social distancing between gallery visitors and at the cash register.  The gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of surfaces upon opening and closing and during the day and has placed complementary hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for visitor use.

Gallery brings Dennis Hetzel to Coffee With the Authors

Author Dennis Hetzel is set to speak at Sunset River Marketplace on Thursday, March 12 from 10 – 11 a.m. as part of the gallery’s ongoing Coffee With the Authors series.

Hetzel is the author of two award-winning novels, “Killing the Curse” and “Season of Lies.” Both books blend the worlds of politics and sports. In Killing the Curse, the Cubs are positioned to win the World Series for the first time since 1908. No one wants the Cubs to win more than Luke Murphy, president of the U.S. and lifelong fan. Leading the chorus of disbelievers is Murphy’s boyhood friend, Bob Walters, a radio sports talk show host who built ratings by being “the man Cub fans love to hate.” Add to the mix, a crazed fan and an attack on the father of the Boston pitcher, and an escalating threat that could destroy the president’s career and kill hundreds of innocent people. Everything comes to a head as game seven unfolds. In “Season of Lies,” baseball season and a presidential campaign that could be pulled out of today’s headlines come to a climax in one fateful October. Hetzel again features sports, politics, thrilling action and memorable characters in a story you won’t forget.

Hetzel began his career as a weekly newspaper sports editor and became an award-winning reporter, editor and newspaper publisher before retiring in 2019 as executive director of the Ohio News Media Association. He also taught journalism at Penn State in State College, PA and Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

He is a resident of Holden Beach where his company Fresh Angle Communications provides writing, editing, marketing and government relations consulting.

This gallery event is free, but seating is limited so reservations are necessary. Call Sunset River Marketplace at 910.575.5999 to hold your spot. The gallery is located at 10283 Beach Drive SW (NC 179) in Calabash, NC. Website is: www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.