Crime Writers In Conversation: Henry Wise & Hugh Lessig

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Author Event

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Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Join us on Saturday, March 8 at 1:30 PM in the Yorktown Library Meeting Room for a lively discussion of crime fiction with authors Henry Wise and Hugh Lessig. They will discuss their recent books as well as the current trends in the crime genre. There will be an audience Q&A period. Paperbacks Ink--All Booked Up will be onsite with books for sale.

This is a free event. Registration is not required. Questions? Please call 757-890-5207 or 757-890-5120.

Author Bios: 

Henry Wise is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Mississippi MFA program. A writer across multiple genres, his poetry has been published in Shenandoah, Radar Poetry, Clackamas, Nixes Mate Review, and elsewhere. His nonfiction and photography have appeared in Southern Cultures. Holy City is his first novel.

Hugh Lessig spent more than thirty years as an award-winning newspaper reporter, covering everything from city council meetings to the earthquake in Haiti. Along the way, he’s met people at the highs and lows of life and interviewed accused murderers and governors, welders and lawyers, and old men who fought our nation’s wars. Born in eastern Pennsylvania, he moved to Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1997. His short stories have appeared in Thuglit, Shotgun Honey, Crime Factory and Needle. In addition, his work is featured in the following anthologies: Mickey Finn 21st Century Noir, Volumes I and II; Groovy Gumshoes: Private Eyes in the Psychedelic Sixties; and Guns & Tacos. Fadeaway Joe is his first novel.