![]() Novelist Sharyn McCrumbĪmong numerous honors, McCrumb was named a “Virginia Woman of History” by the Library of Virginia and a “Woman of the Arts” by the Daughters of the American Revolution. McCrumb’s work includes The New York Times bestsellers “The Ballad of Tom Dooley,” “The Ballad of Frankie Silver,” and “Ghost Riders,” which also won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the national Audie Award for Best Recorded Book. The reading also will be livestreamed.ĭuring her visit, McCrumb also will spend time with Advanced Creative Writing students. Admission is free and the public is invited. The event, the latest in the University of Lynchburg’s Thornton Reading series, is sponsored by the Richard H. Thursday, April 14, in Hall Campus Center’s Memorial Ballroom. Sharyn McCrumb, an award-winning Southern writer best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. ![]()
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