Author Spotlight

Authors & titles included in this Front & Center event are: 

Terry Irwin  

Sgt. Dinwiddie's War

The book is the chronicle of Terry's father-in-law 's experience as an aviator in World War II. It is his first book. 

Irwin spent 34 years in education, at high school and college levels. He started flying when he was 17 years old and while in college, he earned his private, commercial, and flight instructor's certificates. He currently owns the Aeronca Champ that he first flew in 1969 and is an active flight instructor. 

Susan Page Davis

True Blue Christmas

Davis is the author of more than one hundred published novels. She’s a two-time winner of the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award and three Will Rogers Medallions, and also a winner of the Carol Award and a finalist in the WILLA Literary Awards and Selah Awards. A Maine native, she now lives in western Kentucky.

The True-Blue Christmas is the latest in her series set in Murray, KY, True Blue Mysteries. The Rancher’s Legacy won a Will Rogers Medallion.

Bruce Leonard 

Hard Exit 

Bruce Leonard writes the award-winning, bestselling Hadley Carroll Mysteries, the first of which, Quilt City Murders, was named Best Mystery of 2022 in one contest. 

Fans of wisecracking investigators such as Spenser, Kinsey Milhone, and Stephanie Plum will cheer for Jack Drake, a man in love with two women—one of them dead, in the 1st of the series Hard Exit. 

Danette Mahabeer

Leave Alive 

Mahabeer is a Domestic Violence Survivor and Advocate. She is passionate about raising awareness on the topic of Domestic Violence, and uses her platforms, Talk Shows and Podcast: Voiced Thoughts and Voices of Victory, to tackle these issues in our community and society. She is married to Matthew Turner, owner of Loopy Larry's. She was selected as a 2024 Paducah-McCracken County NAACP's Rosa Parks Power of One honoree.