After an award-winning author found her place in the Queen City, she came across the life-changing story of a woman who came to North Carolina, too, in search of opportunity.
6 Timeless Winter Reads
Travel back to historic events and find warmth in the words and faraway worlds dreamt of by these North Carolina authors.
Our State Book Club Presents: Ben Fountain
One writer’s fascination took him to another part of the world, and decades later, back to a familiar place.
Our State Book Club Presents: Sarah Addison Allen
The magic sprinkled throughout one Asheville writer’s novels helped her through a harsh reality and into surreal success.
Our State Book Club Presents: Denise Kiernan
A curious Asheville writer has filled hundreds of pages with stories behind the moments in history that have most fascinated her.
Our State Book Club Presents: Elizabeth Kostova
As a child, an Asheville writer was enthralled by the spooky tales her father told her. Years later, those iconic stories helped her write one of her own.
North Carolina Authors
From mountain poets to coastal novelists, generations of writers have found their voices in North Carolina.
Our State Book Club Presents: De’Shawn Charles Winslow
After leaving his coastal hometown for the big city, one author finds his calling writing about the people and places that shaped him.
Our State Book Club Presents: Jan Karon
Like the ones in the fictitious village she made famous, helping hands and warm hearts shaped a Foothills writer’s journey to becoming one of North Carolina’s most prolific authors.
