Morgan Tarpley Smith is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of stories with history and heart. She writes both contemporary and historical fiction as well as children’s fiction under the pen name M.L. Tarpley. She also works as a grant writer, marketing and public relations consultant, and publishing assistant for authors and lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, with her husband and son.

Schedule

9:30 am to 10:15 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent B
Southern Women, Southern Landscapes: Cultural Reflections on the Garden, 1870-1970
Elise L. Smith with moderator Morgan Tarpley Smith

11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Bienville Building, First Floor, Conference Center 118
Stranger Than Fiction: Hidden Histories, Unlikely Lives
Benjamin Hale, Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks
Jon Hébert, Hear This!: A Twisted Tale of Sonic Torment
David Tuch, The Wireless Operator: The Untold Story of the British Sailor Who Invented the Modern Drug Trade
with moderator Morgan Tarpley Smith

Moderator