Comment from Carla Corless
Time: July 22, 2008, 3:35 pm

I was wondering if Wanda Canada was going to write any more GREAT stories with Carroll Davenport? I have been checking regularly with my book store in Charlotte, but they have not seen anything as of yet. I really enjoyed both of her novels and even was lucky enough to received signed copies from the little book store.

Thank you,

Carla

Comment from Jenny McElroy
Time: July 23, 2008, 9:57 am

While I’m not sure about Ms. Canada’s plans for her next book, I do know that this Monday (July 21) she was the guest-speaker for the Clueless Mystery Book Club at the Wake County East Regional Public Library in Knightdale. The contact for that event was listed as Janet Morley (jmorley@co.wake.nc.us) and she might know more.
If you find out that a new book is coming, please let us know!
–Jenny

Comment from Deborah Smith
Time: July 30, 2008, 2:28 pm

Hi
I love this site! I noticed the reviews of Sugar Queen. Author Sarah Addison Allen will have a novella coming out this fall from my company, BelleBooks, in audio and ebook. IN MY DREAMS is about the everyday magic of life in a small NC town. I can provide a review copy of the print manuscript if you’d like. All best, Deb Smith, Editorial, BB Audio

Comment from Sydney Phillips
Time: August 18, 2008, 9:44 pm

I am looking for NC literature for 4th grade Social Studies that can be intergrated into Language Arts.

Comment from Cheryl Zeiszler
Time: September 17, 2008, 3:00 pm

I read a wonderful novel set in the Outer Banks. I cannot remember the author or title. Three high school friends come to terms with the death of another friend twenty years after graduation. The deceased woman’s mother has cancer and is a pastor’s wife. It bothers me to no end that I can’t remember it. I fell in love with the Carolinas with my son and daughter in law stationed at Parris Island and living in Beaufort. Dorothea Bention Frank, Nicholas Sparks and Anne Rivers Siddon, to name just a few favorite authors. Could you help me with the name or the author, please?

Comment from Jenny McElroy
Time: September 18, 2008, 12:24 pm

The old-friends-at-the-beach theme is a very common one in North Carolina fiction. With that in mind, I’m not sure if I know exactly which book you are thinking of, but you might take a look at these: Last of Something by Susan Kelly, Circle of Grace by Penelope Stokes, and Outer Banks by Anne Rice Siddons.
Does anyone else have any ideas for Cheryl?
-Jenny

Comment from Susan Whitfield
Time: February 3, 2009, 11:06 pm

Hell Swamp, the third Logan Hunter mystery, will be released on February 21st by L&L Dreamspell. Please add this to the North Carolina list. It is set along Black River in the south eastern part of the state. Thanks!

Comment from Susan Whitfield
Time: February 3, 2009, 11:08 pm

I love Wanda Canada books as well.

Comment from Eileen McGrath
Time: February 4, 2009, 9:35 am

Thank you for the information on the new Logan Hunter novel. We will order it this week. We don’t post a summary until we have the book in hand, so watch this blog in March.

Comment from maddie james
Time: April 11, 2009, 12:32 am

Thank you for featuring my book, A Perfect Escape, on your site. What a nice surprise to find it in a Google Alert this week. I wanted to let you know that I have a couple of other books set in North Carolina, on the Outer Banks. The series is The Legend of Blackbeard’s Chalice, and book one is titled The Curse, book two, The Cult. The Quest is coming this spring (although the time-travel series started on the Outer Banks, this third book is actually set in Ohio, but still has the Blackbeard premise running through it). I’d love to speak more with you about this series if you are interested. Thanks so much.

maddie james
maddie.james@insightbb.com

Comment from Eileen McGrath
Time: April 13, 2009, 9:53 am

Thank you for your comment, Ms. James. I am the person who makes book purchases for the North Carolina Collection. I will follow up the series and be back in touch if I need more information.
Eileen McGrath

Comment from Shirlita K. McFarland
Time: April 13, 2009, 9:27 pm

I am a UNC-CH alum from North Carolina and I published my first novel, Sunday Morning Secrets last year. It is the story of Jonathan Pierce, pastor of King’s Chapel, a prominent church in (fictional) Lovette, NC. He is torn between protecting his church and keeping his wife’s abominable secret – a secret that eventually leads to murder. Visit the website for more info and the venues where the book is available for purchase. I would love to have it included on this site.

Comment from Shirlita K. McFarland
Time: April 13, 2009, 9:30 pm

The Sunday Morning Secrets website is http://www.sundaymorningsecrets.com

Comment from Eileen McGrath
Time: April 14, 2009, 8:47 am

Thank you for your messages, Ms. McFarland. We will order your book for the North Carolina Collection. Once we have the book in hand, we will add it to this site. Check back around Memorial Day.

Comment from Lori Special
Time: July 7, 2009, 9:18 am

For the children and YA section the Maggie Valley Trilogy by Kerry Madden needs to be included.

The three books in the series take place in the Haywood County town of Maggie Valley in the 1960s. Gentle’s Holler is the first book, Louisianna’s Song is book two and Jessie’s Mountain is number three.

Thanks for the wonderful site and I’m recommending it to the youth services staff in public libraries across the state.