Sharyn McCrumb is an award-winning Southern writer, best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, set in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains, including the New York Times Best Sellers She Walks These Hills and The Rosewood Casket, which deal with the issue of the vanishing wilderness; The Ballad of Frankie Silver and The Ballad of Tom Dooley, exploring the true stories behind two Appalachian murder ballads; and The Songcatcher, a genealogy in music, tracing the author‘s family from 18^th century Scotland to the present by following a Scots Ballad through the generations.

She appears as the special guest of the Lincoln County Historical Association on Saturday, November 12 at 1 p.m. in the performance hall of the Lincoln Cultural Center. A  reception and book signing follows. Tickets are available online on Eventbrite, in the LCHA office, or by mail by calling 828-777-8707.