Join us in the bookstore at 6pm for a discussion with Melora Fern and Madison Ford about Melora’s book Whistling Women and Crowing Hens.

Melora Fern:

The only constant in life is change – so after a year of multiple doozies, Melora Fern moved from Texas to North Carolina to become herself. Growing up as the perpetual “new kid” she persevered by making up stories and recently has learned how to hone that skill into writing fiction. As a recovering CPA, she now counts seashells, colorful stones, or words discovered on her walks. She loves a good local gin, hiking, feeding songbirds, moonrises and joyfully sharing bites of your dinner. Her tonic is a daily belly laugh combined with mindfulness. Embracing new and old friends, undiscovered and favorite places, unique and familiar books, family, and all that comes with writing currently fills her days.

After eight years of perfecting her craft with writing classes, workshops, retreats, and an awe-inspiring critique group, Melora’s months of querying agents and small presses has paid off. She signed with Sibylline Press’s Digital First Imprint and is very excited that Whistling Women and Crowing Hens is now out in the world!

Madison Ford lives in Texas and writes about art, culture and dysfunctional characters (and occasionally plays them).

Madison has worked on the production side of literary and art magazines as an editor, copywriter, and fact checker. She genuinely loves facts and checking them. She has acted in award-winning independent films, and her writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Glasstire, Southwest Review, Architectural Digest, Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News, DuJour Magazine, and more. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from The New School and a BA in Creative Writing and Film Studies from Columbia University. She is the programs director at Deep Vellum publishing.