AJC Decatur Book Festival Announces Five-Time Author, Joan C. Curtis as Guest Speaker

ATLANTA - June 24, 2015 - PRLog -- As the largest independent book festival in the country, The AJC Decatur Book Festival welcomes book lovers and authors to their September 4th - 6th event, including five-time author Joan C. Curtis; as guest speaker.

Joan is an award-winning writer who has published 5 books and numerous stories, including her newest mystery/suspense novel, The Clock Strikes Midnight. Joan has been an avid reader for as long as she can remember. She reads all kinds of books, including women’s fiction, mysteries, biography, and nonfiction. The Clock Strikes Midnight is exactly the kind of book Joan loves to read. "My stories are told from a woman's point of view with a destiny. Characters drive my writing and my reading."

Having grown up in the South with a mother from Westchester County New York, Joan has a unique take on blending the southern traditions with the eye of a northerner. "There is a feeling of the great southern author, Fannie Flagg, in The Clock Strikes Midnight"  Tammy Dewhirst, The Rabid Readers. Joan spent most of her childhood in North Carolina and now resides in Georgia.

With her debut mystery novel, published by MuseItUp Publishing in November 2014, Joan C. Curtis joins the ranks of suspense writers. The Clock Strikes Midnight promises to keep you up way past the witching hour. Writing with spellbinding quickness, Joan takes you through a series of twists and turns that will leave you breathless till the end.

With just 3 months to live Janie Knox returns to her childhood home destroy her mother’s killer. At age 17, a week after a jury convicted her stepfather of killing her mother, she packed all her worldly possessions in a single duffle bag, hopped on a bus, and vowed never to return.

As the clock ticks away, Janie’s uses her last days to right the wrongs that have haunted her for 20 years. She faces more than she bargained for when she discovers her sister’s life in shambles and her stepfather a formidable foe.

According to reviewer Trudi LoPreto,"Joan Curtis has done a perfect writing job. The Clock Strikes Midnight has murder, love, hate and family troubles perfectly combined to make it... kept me reading late into the night and again early in the morning until I reached the end and left behind my new friends, Janie and Marlene."

The Clock Strikes Midnight is a race against time in a quest for revenge and atonement. This is a story about hate, love and forgiveness.

Having grown up in the South with a mother from Westchester County New York, Joan has a unique take on blending the southern traditions with the eye of a northerner.  She spent most of her childhood in North Carolina and now resides in Georgia.

The festival runs from September 4th - 6th. See more details at https://www.decaturbookfestival.com/

Visit JoanCCurtis.com (http://www.joancurtis.com/) for more information on Joan’s writing, published books and more.