Emily is the critically acclaimed Amazon bestselling author of suspense novels, “Burying the Honeysuckle Girls,” “The Weight of Lies,” “Every Single Secret, Until the Day I Die,” and “Reviving the Hawthorn.”  After graduating from Auburn with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication, she moved to New York City. She’s worked as an actor, producer, screenwriter, and behind-the-scenes soap opera assistant for the CBS shows As the World Turns and Guiding Light.

She visits to talk about her latest book, Gothictown (publication date: March 25), about a restauranteur lured by pandemic-era incentives who moves her family to a seemingly idyllic small town in Georgia, only to discover darkness lurking beneath the sun-dappled streets and Southern hospitality.

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