The Song of Sourwood Mountain, returns to the mountains of Eastern Kentucky to share the story of a schoolteacher at an Appalachian mission school and a young mountain girl yearning for family.
2024 Book Festival
Written with George Stephanopoulos, The Situation Room provides the definitive, past-the-security-clearance look at the White House Situation Room and the people — the famous and those you’ve never heard of — who have made history within its walls.
The Original Louisville Slugger addresses the myths surrounding the larger-than-life figure Louis "Pete" Rogers Browning, uncovers the thin line between fact and fiction, and presents an extensive account of the man, and legendary ball player.
The No-Girlfriend Rule, their debut novel and an instant USA Today Bestseller, is a queer YA romance in which her boyfriend’s “no girlfriends at the table” rule prompts a high school senior to join an all-girls group of roleplaying game Secrets & Sorcery, only for an in-game crush between her character and a charismatic girl’s […]
The Lost Story, inspired by C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, is a fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobes just in case.
The poems in The Loneliest Whale in the World, have been called “prayers [and] a way to remind us that we are not alone, that there is a world inside this world, and it is beautiful.”
His second novel, The Levi Effect follows the story of 16-year-old Levi and the aftermath of a bad batch of Kentucky moonshine.
In The Late Rebellion, the residents of Germantown, a small South Carolina community that nestles in the folds of the Appalachian Mountains, challenge traditional notions of what it means to be Southern, and what it means to be accepted, particularly when the old ways begin to crumble.
In her latest book, The Last Caretaker, an empowering and provocative page-turner, a woman in search of a new beginning is put to the test in ways she never imagined.
In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the race a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.
In The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects, she sets out to recover the accurate history of America's longest continuously held sporting event and establish a balance between well-known narratives and those that are less widely shared with a personal tour of 75 objects from the museum.
What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table? The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers, the first comprehensive chronicle of its kind, highlights the lives andcareers of 125 African American horsemen and women from enslavement to today. From racetrack superstars to behind-the-scenes caretakers, The Heart of the Turf showcases select stories […]