Julie Hedgepeth Williams is an award winning journalism professor at Samford University. She is the author of the 2014 Ella Dickey Literacy Award winner, A Rare Titanic Family, and Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama 1910. Her latest book, Three Not-So-Ordinary Joes, traces an extraordinary tale that focuses on the curious intersection of the lives of Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison (J.A.) Turner, and Joel Chandler Harris, and the circumstances leading to the publication of Harris’ Uncle Remus stories.

Gwinnett County Public Library will host Julie Hedgepeth Williams on Thursday, August 9 at 7:00 pm at Liberty Books, 176 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.