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Author Talk | Alayne Smith

Join author Alayne Smith as she discusses her newest mystery novel, "The December Postcards," set in Lawrenceville in the 1960s.

Postcards have arrived from all over the world...

One arrives every December. None have messages on them.
Are they from a murderer?

Set in the fall of 1962 in Lawrenceville, Georgia...this historical fiction novel traces the story of Reeda Jones, local reporter, mother, and daughter of the beloved Mildred Martin who was murdered at the historic Feely house nearly thirty years ago.

Against the backdrop of rising tensions due to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Ree follows the clues of the postcards to solve the mystery of her mother's murder and her uncle's sudden disappearance from their lives.

Books will be available for sale and signing. 

Alayne Smith is a teacher who wrote her first novel after she retired. Her novels A Mystery Solved, A Prediction Fulfilled, and This Is Ellen Jones Reporting. Three of Smith’s books have been finalists in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.

Many of Smith’s books have a journalism thread. A lifelong educator, Smith initiated the first program of broadcast journalism and video production at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County. The last five years of Smith’s career in education were spent training other media specialists and teachers in video production and broadcast journalism. The Alabama native received her bachelor’s from the University of Montevallo and her master’s and EdS degrees from the University of Georgia, and currently lives in Lawrenceville. 

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