We are very pleased to announce that Margaret Maron, New York Times bestselling author, will deliver the keynote address on March 28th at the 2019 NCCCLA Annual Conference. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet the author at a book signing immediately following the address.

Margaret Maron is a North Carolina native who has published thirty novels as well as two short story collections, and has been honored with an impressive list of awards and accolades. Her most recent novel, Take Out (2017), was an Agatha Award nominee for Best Contemporary Novel.  Learn more . . .

“Margaret Maron is one of those authors whose devoted fans would follow them anywhere.” — New York Times

“There’s nobody better.” — Chicago Tribune

“She is one of the most seamless Southern writers since Margaret Mitchell.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)