Kent Wascom
Kent Wascom is the author of The New Inheritors, Secessia, and The Blood of Heaven. He was born in New Orleans and raised in Pensacola, Florida. The Blood of Heaven was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post and NPR. It was a semifinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan Award for First Fiction. Wascom was awarded the 2012 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Prize for Fiction and selected as one of Gambit’s 40 Under 40. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia, where he directs the Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion University.
Author Tour Dates
Tuesday
05/21
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Norfolk, VA
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PRINCE BOOKS
Book launch event
109 E Main St.
Event info here
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6:30 PM
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Thursday
05/23
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Tallahassee, FL
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MIDTOWN READER
Reading and conversation with Skip Horack
1123 Thomasville Rd.
Event info here
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6:30 PM
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Friday
05/24
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Seaside, FL
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SUNDOG BOOKS
Book signing
89 Central Sq.
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11:00 AM
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Tuesday
05/28
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Saint Petersburg, FL
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TOMBOLO
In conversation with Steph Post
2153 1st Ave. S
Event info here
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7:00 PM
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Wednesday
05/29
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Gainesville, FL
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THE LYNX
In conversation with Lauren Groff
601 South Main St.
Event info here
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6:00 PM
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Tuesday
06/18
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Richmond, VA
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FOUNTAIN BOOKS
In conversation with Steve Weddle
1312 E Cary St.
Event info here
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6:00 PM
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Saturday
11/02
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Baton Rouge, LA
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LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL
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Time TK
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