Amelia Island, FL (January 4, 2012) – What do the writings and friendship of Florida authors Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston tell us in 2012? Reading about the lives of these two powerful writers will peak your interest to know more
about them and to read their works. Get started by reading books written by two of the Featured Authors at the Amelia Island Book Festival. Read Zora Neale Hurston’s Final Decade by Virginia Lynn Moylan and Crossing the Creek by Dr. Anna Lillios which details the relationship between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston.
Did you know that these two women first met in St. Augustine, FL in the early 1940’s? Did you know that Zora Neale Hurston married her second husband on June 27, 1939 in Fernandina Beach, FL? Do you remember The Inn at Fernandina Beach Resort where the 14th annual Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society Conference was held in 2001? Do you think the writings of these two icons are relevant today in our technology driven world? What aspects of the writings of Rawlings and Hurston continue to generate book sales today?
Learn more about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings author of Pulitzer Prize winner, The Yearling. Hear more on the life and works of anthropologist, folklorist, and author, Zora Neale Hurston.
Join the Amelia Island Book Festival for the closing event of the 2012 festival hosted by the Amelia Island Museum of History at 233 South Third Street and funded in part by a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC event will be a panel discussion from 2:00 to 3:30 on Sunday, February 19. An opportunity to chat with the panelists will follow the discussion. What do the writings and friendship of these two Florida authors tell us in 2012? The event will open with a portrayal of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Betty Jean Steinshauer. The Moderator for the panel discussion will be attorney Teri Sopp who is also a Trustee of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society. The author panelists are very knowledgeable about the lives and works of both authors and their passion and enthusiasm for the authors will make for a fun, educational, and unique experience. Come and meet panelists Dr. Anna Lillios, Marsha Dean Phelts, and Dr. Kathryn Seidel.
