R.J. Lee was born and grew up in Natchez, Mississippi, and graduated from Sewanee (University of the South) with a BA in English and Creative Writing. Though he now lives in Oxford, Mississippi, he lived for 30 years in New Orleans, during which he worked in journalism, advertising, and tourist commission work writing and publishing 16 novels from 1992 to the present. The Majestic Leo Marble is his 17^th book.

Schedule

11:15 am to 12:15 pm

State Capitol, House Committee Room 1

Dealing with Life’s Insanities: Madville Publishing

with Rod Davis, R.J. Lee, Julie Lidell Whitehead, and Steve Yates

12:30 pm to 1:15 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

The Majestic Leo Marble: A Novel

Leo Marble quickens in the womb during a Broadway show, but his life is lived in the Deep South in conservative Mississippi and laid-back New Orleans. He eventually emerges from the closet to become a journalist and advocate for gay rights and visibility. Along the way, he experiences heartache on an international scale, but keeps his indomitable spirit alive with show tune concerts at his spinet, eventually falling in love with a dedicated meteorologist with higher math skills.