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Follow on Google News | Jon Batson, One of Nine North Carolina Authors, Spotlighted at Lunch with an Author in WilmingtonNine authors from school-age youngsters to seasoned seniors featured at fundraiser at The City Club in Wilmington’s holiday literary event December 16, 2013.
By: Jon Batson Over 50 attendees came to meet, talk with and purchase the works of award-winning short story author and science fiction novelist Jon Batson (Adventures of a Space Bum); young school-age brothers and veteran travel writers Holland and Shark Baynard (Holland and Shark Take Normandy); Non-fiction writer and fast trains aficionado Nancy Bolts (Fast Trains: America’s High Speed Future); political thriller author John S. Budd (Common 3); food and spirits writer Joel Finsel (Cocktails & Conversations from the Astral Plane); motivational author and career coach Jane High McMurry (Navigating the Lipstick Jungle); mystery writer Sabrina Stephens (Canned Good) and well-known local comedian and Yankee super-fan Steve Melia (162). “We are proud to be the only event of its kind,” stated Louise McColl, President of McColl & Associates, Inc., a Wilmington, NC, event management and coordination company. “Lunch with an Author” celebrates local and statewide authors while giving back to our local community. Corporate sponsors play a critical role in supporting “Lunch with an Author.” We greatly appreciate our event sponsors JB’s Diving Instruction & Charters and Hopkins and Associates Real Estate and table sponsors Julia’s Florist, Homewood Suites, and the Lea/Schultz Law Firm.” “I'm honored to be in the company of such a unique group of talented authors. My thanks to Louise McColl for the invitation, Dana Cook of Julia’s Florist for sponsoring the Adventures of a Space Bum table and to everyone who attended the luncheon,” said Jon Batson, who has won the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society’s Short Story contest multiple times. For information about future Lunch with an Author events contact McColl & Associates. About Jon Batson Award-winning author Jon Batson (http://www.therealjonbatson.com/ End
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