Featured Authors

2024 Speaking Authors (in alphabetical order):

Jonathan Eig, King: A Life
Winner, 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Benjamin Gilmer, The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
A true story and New York Times Editors' Choice

Deborah Roberts, Lessons Learned and Cherished: The Teacher Who Changed My Life
A giftable collection of essays and musings from celebrities and colleagues, curated by the award-winning ABC journalist and author

J. Dana Trent, Between Two Trailers: A Memoir
New York Times Editors' Choice

2024 Signing Authors (in alphabetical order):

Holly Haworth, The Way the Moon

Catherine M. Lewis, Above and Beyond: The Masons and the Transformation of Gwinnett County and the Post-war South

Donna Coffey Little, Wofford's Blood (a novel)

Richard Rankin, Local Signs and Wonders

William Rawlings, The Garden of Earthly Delights: A John Wesley O'Toole Novel
Author of Crypto, Finalist in Detective/Mystery & Science Fiction for the 2024 Georgia Author of the Year Awards

Ronda Rich, Sapelo Island: A Stella Bankwell Mystery
Bestselling author and syndicated columnist

Francesca Rollins and Tennille D. Shuster, Toby's Campus Tour

Virginia Willis, Bon Appetit, Y'all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking, Revised and Updated, with New Recipes

2024 Special Mercer University Press Edition:

Mercer Illustrated: The Places, People, and Experiences of a Uniquely Impactful University
A collectible showpiece folio of more than 250 photographs celebrating Georgia's oldest private university, with a foreword by President William D. Underwood and text by Dr. Gordon Johnston