June 2026
I will be one of the resident scholars for the Expanding Horizons institute at Maryville College. I will be speaking about Founding Stories and about Different Perspectives on stories on June 24 and 25. I’m so looking forward to these conversations.
I will be addressing The Smoking Guns, aka The East Tennessee Chapter of Sisters in Crime, at their anniversary meeting at the Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville, TN on Saturday, June 27. The room opens at 10 a.m. and I will speak at 11. My talk will cover the amazing things that had to come together for my Night Marauder project to take off. I hope you can stop by and meet this amazing group of writers!
August 2026
I plan to attend “Killer Nashville” at the end of the summer to prepare for the February 2027 launch of my book, “The Night Marauder,” forthcoming from UT Press.
Recent Past Events and Press
- The Night Marauder project is the cover story for Maryville College’s Spring 2026 issue of the alumni Focus Magazine.
- Attended the Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies in Philadelphia, PA, March 6-8, 2026.
- “The Night Marauder Project” for the Knoxville Writer’s Guild, January 8, 2026.
- “Beyond the Night Marauder: My Life as a Historic Private Eye” for the Blount County Public Library, October 27, 2025.
- “Hellish Nell: The Trial of the UK’s Last Witch” for the Mabry-Hazen House, October 26, 2025.
- “Women’s Work and Domestic Culture in Early America” for Marble Springs State Historic Site, September 20, 2025.