was born in 1944 in Kingsport, Tennessee. She has published six novels, one novella, a memoir, and a new narrative history of the Hatfields and the McCoys, entitled Blood Feud (2012). Alther has taught at St. Michael's College in Vermont and at East Tennessee State University. She divides her time among Tennessee, Vermont, and New York City.
Saturday, October 13
3:30-5:00 pm, Legislative Plaza, Room 12
Honey, That's Just How It Is: Stories of Appalachian Realism
Lisa Alther, Mark Powell, Charles Dodd White
Sunday, October 14
2:00-3:00 pm, Nashville Public Library, Special Collections Room
Blood Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys
