Happenings
March 2025 - Under contract for two board books that showcase the great state of North Carolina. Release date is tentatively set for fall 2027 or spring 2028. Stay tuned!
November 17, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. - Lecture on Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier at Walnut Cove Public Library for the Stokes County Historical Society. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. To learn more, visit: www.facebook.com/StokesCountyHistoricalSociety
January 26, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. - Just Write. 2019. A writing workshop that will allow participants to explore the Rural Hall Historic Train Depot; and, to think, create, and share a new composition. For more information, visit: www.wswriters.org
May 10, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Viola Gentry book discussion and signing at Reidsville Public Library. Admission is free. To learn more visit: http://www.rcpl.org/
May 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at Reynolda Manor Branch Library for the Forsyth County Genealogical Society. Admission is free. For more information, visit: https://forsythgen.org/
March 8, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. - Celebrate Women's History Month by attending my lecture on Viola Gentry at the James Library/ Rockingham Community College. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.rockinghamcc.edu/library/
November 11, 2017 - "The Salem Photographer & The Siamese Twins" was presented a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.
October 28, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. - Come see me at Bright Leaf Books where I will be reading from Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem. Book signing to follow. For more information, visit: www.brightleafbookshop.com
October 27, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Enjoy a parlor game and a few tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem, at Korner's Folly. Tickets are $5.00 and include an adult beverage. Learn more at: www.kornersfolly.org
October 25, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me and three other authors at the 4 on 4th Local Author Series. Hosted by Winston-Salem Writers and Bookmarks, the free event will be held at Bookmarks Bookstore. For more information, visit: www.wswriters.org or www.bookmarksnc.org
March 14, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at the Kernersville Museum. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.kernersvillemuseum.org
November 5, 2016 - "From Tobacco Field to Battlefield: Harvey Lee "Bud" Hicks and The Battle of the Bulge" received a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.
June 14, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Presentation on Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem for the Friedland Moravian Women's Fellowship. Book signing to follow.
June 11, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame.
June 4, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem book signing at Costco in Winston-Salem.
April 29, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Join me for "Dinner and A Slice of History" at the International Women's Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The presentation will focus on Viola Gentry's triumphs and tragedies in the world of aviation. Book signing to follow. Admission is $15.00 for members/$17.00 for non-members. RSVP by April 27. For more information, visit: http://www.iwasm.org
October 29, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at the Alpha Chapel in Historic Bethania where I will share a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://townofbethania.org/
October 17, 2015 - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier was presented the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award by the North Carolina Society of Historians.
September 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing and walk around at the Winston Salem Air Show.
September 19, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. - Book signing at the SIBA Trade Show with The History Press in Raleigh, NC.
July 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. - Tune in to 600 WSJS to hear me and J. R. Snider discuss Viola Gentry and her contributions to aviation.
July 2015 - "Through Time, Tide, and Turmoil" was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers Flash Fiction Contest.
June 16, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. - Tune in to 1490 WLOE/1420 WMYN (Rockingham County Radio), to hear me and Mike Moore talk about Viola Gentry on the Celebrate NC radio show. To learn more, please visit: http://www.wloewmyn.com/Program_Highlights.html
June 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC, where I will be talking about and signing copies of North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information, visit: http://www.malaprops.com/
May 2, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:oo p.m. - Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day by visiting me, and a host of other authors, at Page After Page Bookstore in Elizabeth City, NC. To learn more, visit: http://www.pageafterpagebook.com/
April 11, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. - Come visit me at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro where I will be signing copies of my latest book, North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information, visit: http://www.scuppernongbooks.com/
April 9, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. - Animal Adventures in North Carolina book talk and signing for the Kernersville Noon Book Club. I will be joined by Nora Aker, co-owner of All-A-Flutter Butterfly Farm.
May 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. - Please join me at the King Public Library, where I will be telling stories from the book, Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem (talk will be accompanied by historical photographs and music). Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://www.nwrl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=213&catids=126&Itemid=411
April 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. - Come out to the Community Arts Café (Underground Theatre) to see a staged reading of my play, One Good Deed, which won First Place in the 2014 Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest. Admission is $5.00 for Winston-Salem Writers Members and $7.00 for nonmembers. For more information, visit: http://communityartscafe.com/ or http://wswriters.org/
March 2014 - One Good Deed was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest.
October 24, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. - Please join me at the New Winston Museum, as I deliver a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.newwinston.org
September 13, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. - Come see me, and a host of other authors, at the Central Library's Local Author Fair. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. For more information, visit: http://www.forsyth.cc/library/?StoryID=18686
October 2012 - Animal Adventures in North Carolina was given a five-star review and presented with a bronze award by Readers' Favorite.
March 2012 - Under contract for a biography on an early North Carolina aviatrix. The book will take over a year to complete. Stay tuned!
November 17, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. - Lecture on Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier at Walnut Cove Public Library for the Stokes County Historical Society. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. To learn more, visit: www.facebook.com/StokesCountyHistoricalSociety
January 26, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. - Just Write. 2019. A writing workshop that will allow participants to explore the Rural Hall Historic Train Depot; and, to think, create, and share a new composition. For more information, visit: www.wswriters.org
May 10, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Viola Gentry book discussion and signing at Reidsville Public Library. Admission is free. To learn more visit: http://www.rcpl.org/
May 1, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at Reynolda Manor Branch Library for the Forsyth County Genealogical Society. Admission is free. For more information, visit: https://forsythgen.org/
March 8, 2018, at 12:30 p.m. - Celebrate Women's History Month by attending my lecture on Viola Gentry at the James Library/ Rockingham Community College. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.rockinghamcc.edu/library/
November 11, 2017 - "The Salem Photographer & The Siamese Twins" was presented a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.
October 28, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. - Come see me at Bright Leaf Books where I will be reading from Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem. Book signing to follow. For more information, visit: www.brightleafbookshop.com
October 27, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Enjoy a parlor game and a few tales of murder, mystery, and mayhem, at Korner's Folly. Tickets are $5.00 and include an adult beverage. Learn more at: www.kornersfolly.org
October 25, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me and three other authors at the 4 on 4th Local Author Series. Hosted by Winston-Salem Writers and Bookmarks, the free event will be held at Bookmarks Bookstore. For more information, visit: www.wswriters.org or www.bookmarksnc.org
March 14, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. - Lecture on Maynard Field: North Carolina's First Commercial Airfield at the Kernersville Museum. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.kernersvillemuseum.org
November 5, 2016 - "From Tobacco Field to Battlefield: Harvey Lee "Bud" Hicks and The Battle of the Bulge" received a Publication Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.
June 14, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Presentation on Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem for the Friedland Moravian Women's Fellowship. Book signing to follow.
June 11, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame.
June 4, 2016, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. - Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem book signing at Costco in Winston-Salem.
April 29, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. - Join me for "Dinner and A Slice of History" at the International Women's Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The presentation will focus on Viola Gentry's triumphs and tragedies in the world of aviation. Book signing to follow. Admission is $15.00 for members/$17.00 for non-members. RSVP by April 27. For more information, visit: http://www.iwasm.org
October 29, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at the Alpha Chapel in Historic Bethania where I will share a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://townofbethania.org/
October 17, 2015 - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier was presented the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award by the North Carolina Society of Historians.
September 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. - North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier book signing and walk around at the Winston Salem Air Show.
September 19, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. - Book signing at the SIBA Trade Show with The History Press in Raleigh, NC.
July 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. - Tune in to 600 WSJS to hear me and J. R. Snider discuss Viola Gentry and her contributions to aviation.
July 2015 - "Through Time, Tide, and Turmoil" was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers Flash Fiction Contest.
June 16, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. - Tune in to 1490 WLOE/1420 WMYN (Rockingham County Radio), to hear me and Mike Moore talk about Viola Gentry on the Celebrate NC radio show. To learn more, please visit: http://www.wloewmyn.com/Program_Highlights.html
June 8, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. - Join me at Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC, where I will be talking about and signing copies of North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information, visit: http://www.malaprops.com/
May 2, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:oo p.m. - Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day by visiting me, and a host of other authors, at Page After Page Bookstore in Elizabeth City, NC. To learn more, visit: http://www.pageafterpagebook.com/
April 11, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. - Come visit me at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro where I will be signing copies of my latest book, North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier. For more information, visit: http://www.scuppernongbooks.com/
April 9, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. - Animal Adventures in North Carolina book talk and signing for the Kernersville Noon Book Club. I will be joined by Nora Aker, co-owner of All-A-Flutter Butterfly Farm.
May 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. - Please join me at the King Public Library, where I will be telling stories from the book, Winston & Salem: Tales of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem (talk will be accompanied by historical photographs and music). Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: http://www.nwrl.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=213&catids=126&Itemid=411
April 12, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. - Come out to the Community Arts Café (Underground Theatre) to see a staged reading of my play, One Good Deed, which won First Place in the 2014 Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest. Admission is $5.00 for Winston-Salem Writers Members and $7.00 for nonmembers. For more information, visit: http://communityartscafe.com/ or http://wswriters.org/
March 2014 - One Good Deed was awarded First Place in the Winston-Salem Writers 10-Minute Play Contest.
October 24, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. - Please join me at the New Winston Museum, as I deliver a few tales of murder, mystery and mayhem. Book signing to follow. Admission is free. For more information, visit: www.newwinston.org
September 13, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. - Come see me, and a host of other authors, at the Central Library's Local Author Fair. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. For more information, visit: http://www.forsyth.cc/library/?StoryID=18686
October 2012 - Animal Adventures in North Carolina was given a five-star review and presented with a bronze award by Readers' Favorite.
March 2012 - Under contract for a biography on an early North Carolina aviatrix. The book will take over a year to complete. Stay tuned!