Historical Society Program March 27 On Tuesday, March 27, Sharyn McCrumb will speak to the Giles County (VA) Historical Society at 6 p.m. at the Palisades Restaurant in Eggleston. The cliffs of Eggleston marked the last mile of the journey of pioneer woman Mary Draper Ingalls, who was kidnapped by the Shawnee in 1779 and found her way home by following the New River. Sharyn McCrumb's award-winning novel She Walks These Hills is based on that legend.

Two Programs April 12 On Tuesday, April 12 Sharyn McCrumb will speak to the English Honors students at Alleghany High School in Covington VA about her novel St. Dale, which the AHS classes are studying in conjunction with a unit on The Canterbury Tales. St. Dale, a modern version of The Canterbury Tales set in NASCAR, won a Library of Virginia Award and was featured at the National Festival of the Book, sponsored by the Library of Congress.   That evening at 7 p.m., she will speak at the Clifton Forge Public Library about her New York Times best-selling novel The Ballad of Tom Dooley.

Featured Author NC author Robert Morgan ("Lion of the West") and Sharyn McCrumb were the featured authors at the Queens University Book and Author Dinner in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 5.

Two New Short Stories Two new short stories featuring Rattler, the curmudgeonly shaman in Ghost Riders, are now available. "Fairy Tale Princesses and the Civil War : Rattler and Celtic Magic" is available on e-books and in a print version in the Mayland Community College Literary Magazine.

• "The Ballad of Tom Dooley" made the New York Times best-seller list in October.
• Visit the publisher's web-site for "The Ballad of Tom Dooley." You can read the first chapter and see photos from the actual incident
  at us.macmillan.com/theballadoftomdooley.

 
Hear the Original Ballad of Tom Dooley
Before the Kingston Trio recorded their 1959 version of "Tom Dooley", local musicians in western North Carolina crafted a longer, more authentic version of the song.
 
On this new CD, award-winning Virginia bluegrass musicians Jack Hinshelwood and Eddie Bond sing the original version of the folk song, and author Sharyn McCrumb reads a scene from her New York Times best-selling novel.
 
The Mountain Times, Boone, North Carolina
"Think You Know The Story...?"
An excellent article by journalist Frank Ruggiero examines The Ballad of Tom Dooley, highlighting the research and the discrepancies between the legend and the newly-uncovered facts. "Combining months of research and assistance from local historians, lawyers and librarians, McCrumb fuses fact – including a newly discovered piece of the puzzle – with fiction to tell the true story." Read the article here.
 
Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia
Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia, a collection of essays also available in e-book form, has now been published in print format by Oconee Spirit Press of Tennessee. Contents include Keepers of the Legends, A Novelist Looks at the Land, The Celts and the Appalachians, Magic Realism in Appalachia, and Nora Bonesteel and the Sight. Recommended for Appalachian Studies classes, or anyone interested in the history and folklore of the region.
 
Signed copies of Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia are available here.
  

McCrumb Releases Kindle-only Publication

Sharyn McCrumb has uploaded her first Kindle-only publication: a collection of articles she has written about Appalachian history and folklore, and essays on the Ballad novels—including "The Celts and the Appalachians."
 
Buy your Kindle-edition of Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia now.