Author in Woodstock

Author Frances Statham will be speaking at the Woodstock Visitors Centers in the historic Dean’s Store at 8588 Main St. Saturday, July 17, at 1 p.m.

Statham has been Georgia Author of the Year in Fiction on three occasions and won awards in music, art and literature. She is the author of 16 novels, with "The Roswell Women" now in its eighth printing. For information, call Kyle Bennett at (770) 924-0406 or e-mail kbennett@oldetownewoodstock.com.

--Christopher Quinn

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