J. Patrick Redmond, Kaylie Jones, Barbara J. Taylor

press release: Akashic Books is thrilled to bring together three of its authors — Barbara J. Taylor (All Waiting Is Long), J. Patrick Redmond (Some Go Hungry), and Kaylie Jones (The Anger Meridian) — for a reading and conversation at Mystery to Me on Wednesday, July 13.

All Waiting Is Long is the second novel by Barbara J. Taylor featuring the Morgan sisters, following the success of her best-selling debut novel Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night, which was inspired by a tragic incident in Taylor’s own family history. It recently received a phenomenal starred review from Booklist, who called the novel “powerful . . .  a thought-provoking book club discussion cornucopia.”

Some Go Hungry by J. Patrick Redmond is a gripping portrait of a rural Indiana town still reeling from the unsolved 1980s murder of a gay teen. It's a fictional account drawn from the author's own experiences working in his family's provincial Indiana restaurant—and wrestling with his sexual orientation—in a town that was rocked by the scandalous murder of his gay high school classmate.

Kaylie Jones, daughter of James Jones (author of The Thin Red Line and From Here to Eternity) returns to fiction with The Anger Meridian, her first novel in over ten years: a thrilling, fast-paced drama that Booklist calls "a compulsively readable novel about a woman who manages to come into her own. With engaging characters, a compelling story, and a seductive sense of place, this is a literary treat."