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The Reading Life With Gre Iles, Amy Conner And Kenny Harrison

It's a week for Southern fiction on The Reading Life with Greg Iles, whose new thriller, the first in a trilogy featuring recurring character Penn Cage, is Natchez Burning; and New Orleans novelist Amy Conner, whose charming debut about female friendship is The Right Thing.

Plus, local artist Kenny Harrison talks about creating his new children's book series, The Hide and Seek Harry books.

*Lagniappe Audio!*

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Greg Iles talks about his career and the next step for Natchez Burning.

The Reading Life in 2010, Susan Larson was the book editor for The New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988-2009. She has served on the boards of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the New Orleans Public Library. She is the founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Women's National Book Association, which presents the annual Diana Pinckley Prizes for Crime Fiction.. In 2007, she received the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the literary community. She is also the author of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans. If you run into her in a local bookstore or library, she'll be happy to suggest something you should read. She thinks New Orleans is the best literary town in the world, and she reads about a book a day.