Memphis Alumnae Association to benefit Literacy Mid-South | Arts & Culture

The Memphis Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity presents "Literacy is Key: A Book & Author Affair benefiting Literacy Mid-South.

This year's luncheon is set for January 31 at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn located at 3700 Central Avenue.

The Prologue Party begins at 10 a.m. for a meet and greet with the presenting authors, book purchasing and pre-signing.

The luncheon and program is set to begin at 11 a.m.

Presenting authors include:

Mary Kay Andrews, a former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter, who has written several New York Times bestselling novels.

Claire Cook who began novel writing at mid-life and walked the red carpet at 50 for the Hollywood adaptation of her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.

Courtney Miller Santo teaches creative writing at the University of Memphis. Her debut novel The Roots of the Olive Tree chronicles the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women living together in the same house on a secluded olive grove in Sacramento Valley of Northern California.

For more information or to purchase tickets click on this link: http://www.memphiskkg.org/pages/literacy-is-key.php.