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William Rawlings, Author of Southern Stories

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News, Appearances & Upcoming Events

Coming Soon: A Biography of Reg Murphy

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 will be published by Mercer Press in the late Summer or Fall of 2026. It is a great story!


And A New Work of True Crime

My third account of a true crime will be published in the Fall of 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!


2/21/2026

Perry Book Festival

The third annual Book Festival in the wonderful small city of Perry, Ga.

8:30 a.m.---First Baptist Church, 1105 Main Street in Perry


3/4/2026

11th Circuit Federal Judges Workshop

A panelist in a discussion on my book, The Columbus Stocking Strangler.

12:00 Noon, at The Thompson Hotel


3/7/2026

Dahlonega Literary Festival

I will be a Featured Author at the 2026 Dahlonega Literary Festival

This year the Festival will be held at the Holley Theatre, 69 West Main St.


6/1/2026

Speaking at Cobb County Public Library

"Lighthouses of the Georgia Coast": An illustrated presentation!

6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Georgia Room of the Switzer Library


8/17/2026

Speaking at Cobb County Public Library

True Crime Series: "The Columbus Stocking Strangler"

6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Georgia Room of the Switzer Library


7/21/2026

Speaking to the Middle Georgia Civil War Roundtable

Speaking on "Gutzon Borglum & the Lost Stone Mtn. Confederate Memorial

The Cannonball House, 856 Mulberry St., Macon


8/26/2026

Speaking to the Highlands/Cashiers Center for Life Enrichment

Speaking on Topics in Georgia and Southern History

Highlands CLE 348 S 5th St, Highlands, NC 2:00 p.m.--4:00 p.m.


9/21/2026

Speaking to the National Society United States Daughters of 1812

Speaking on "The Patriot Turned Spy: The Double Life of General James Wilk

Vineville Methodist Church, 2045 Vineville Avenue, 11:30 am.


10/14/2026

Speaking to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Speaking on "The Twin Scandals of Early Georgia"

Vineville Methodist Church, 2045 Vineville Avenue, 11:30 am..


William Rawlings, Author of Southern Stories

Sandersville, Georgia, United States

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