I am pleased to announce that in late June 2026 I received my fourth Georgia Author of the Year Award in the category of Detective/Mystery for my fourth book in the John Wesley O'Toole series, "The Dawson Pond Murders." The judge's statement read: “Complex characters, a rich rural setting and a baffling mystery makes this book a very enjoyable read. When a simple fishing trip to a family pond unearths decades-old skeletons at the bottom of the water, the stage is set."
Reg Murphy, who passed away in 2024, was a prominent Georgia citizen who led an incredible life as a journalist, editor, businessman, head of the US Golf Association, head of the National Geographic Society, and many other accomplishments during his amazing ninety years of life. I was honored to be asked to do his biography, which is now available from Mercer University Press, your favor bookseller, or Amazon.com.
My third account of a true crime will be published in October 2026. It's about the Kimberly Wallace murder case, in which a wealthy older chiropractor married to a much younger woman is faced with losing a large part of his fortune in a contentious divorce. Rather than face the facts, he conspires to have her murdered, and her body air-dropped into the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia where it will be eaten by alligators. It's a wild and bizarre tale, and all true!
Speaking at Cobb County Public Library
Speaking to the Highlands/Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment
Speaking to the National Society Daughters of 1812
Speaking to the Lincoln County Historical Society
Speaking to the Sidney Lanier United Daughters of the Confederacy
Speaking to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The Annual Mercer Authors Luncheon
Speaking to the Rivergate Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia
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