The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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Rannah Gray

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Rannah Gray has authored four books, including award-winning true crime tale Familiar Evil, the subject of three network documentaries. She has presented in the US and UK, served on faculty for the Las Vegas Writers Conference, and taught four Writers Workshops for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Her third book in the Louisiana Mystery Series for young readers will be published this year. Gray earned her BA and master’s degrees in Journalism from LSU.

 

Schedule

3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Capitol View Room

Louisiana Short Stories: An Anthology from America's Most Storied State

with Pam Bordelon, Gordon Buck, Troy Grimes, Denise Greenwood Loveless, and moderator Rannah Gray

Louisiana Short Stories: Anthology from America's Most Storied State

A collection of short stories written by 20 participants, age 55 and older, in the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge's Creative Aging Writer's Workshop #4. The writers were inspired by the resilience and culture of Louisiana in creating their works of fiction.