Melissa Ginsburg in conversation with Ace Atkins - Virtual Event

Melissa Ginsburg was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of the novel, Sunset City, and the poetry collection Dear Weather Ghost. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Ace Atkins is the author of twenty-three books, including eight Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which, The Ranger and The Lost Ones, were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he has a third Edgar nomination for his short story Last Fair Deal Gone Down). He is the author of seven New York Times-bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times and a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and he played defensive end for Auburn University football.


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Event date: 

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - 7:00pm

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2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
The House Uptown: A Novel By Melissa Ginsburg Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9781250784186
Published: Flatiron Books - March 16th, 2021

Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother


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Sunset City: A Novel By Melissa Ginsburg Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780062429698
Published: Ecco - January 10th, 2017

A taut, erotically charged literary noir set in Houston about a woman caught up in her friend’s shocking murder, and the dark truths she uncovers.


Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser #49) By Ace Atkins Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525536857
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 12th, 2021

In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.


The Revelators (A Quinn Colson Novel #10) By Ace Atkins Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780525539490
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 14th, 2020

In this gripping new crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author, Quinn Colson returns to take down a criminal syndicate that has ravaged his community, threatened his family, and tried to have him killed.