Two Authors, Two Unforgettable Stories, and One Great Conversation.

Authors Katherine Scott Crawford and Chris McClain Johnson will be in conversation about their respective novels, The Miniaturist's Assistant and Three Guesses on Monday, November 10, 2025. The discussion will explore the themes of their books, the creative process behind their writing, and the paths they took to publication. The evening will include an audience Q&A, followed by a book signing. Feel free to bring your own copies to have them signed! A limited number of books will also be available for purchase.

For adults 18 and up. Register on the Library's Events Calendar.

About the authors:

• Katherine Scott Crawford is the award-winning author of The Miniaturist’s Assistant and Keowee Valley. A former backpacking guide, adjunct professor, and recovering academic, her newspaper column appeared weekly across the country and abroad, including in USA Today, The Detroit Free Press, the Herald Scotland, and more. Winner of a North Carolina Arts Award in fiction, she holds an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She’d rather be in the woods with her dog than anywhere else, enjoys curious people, adventure, and snow, and believes historical fiction the best way to time travel. An eleventh-generation Southerner, she directs writing retreats at a remote mountain lodge in Western North Carolina, where she lives with her family.
• Award-winning Southern writer Chris McClain Johnson started writing stories as a child, inspired by the beauty and wonders of her family farms in Mayfield, Kentucky. She graduated from Murray State University in Kentucky, and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, for almost 40 years. At age 60, Chris fulfills a lifelong dream of having her first book published. Three Guesses, recipient of Regal House Publishing’s 2023 Fugere Book Prize Recognizing Finely Crafted Novellas, released on June 17, 2025. Her debut epistolary novella has received wide praise for being “intensely clever” and “wildly entertaining and smart” with “intimate, riveting prose” and “a fascinating look at modern friendship.”