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With a photo of the Dermonds’ Great Waters home on the TV mounted behind him, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills presents the evidence gathered so far in what he admits is the “toughest case” of his career so far. IAN TOCHER/Staff

With a photo of the Dermonds’ Great Waters home on the TV mounted behind him, Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills presents the evidence gathered so far in what he admits is the “toughest case” of his career so far. IAN TOCHER/Staff

GWM ‘Crime & Wine’ delivers Dermond discussion

Georgia Writers Museum and its popular Crime & Wine series, led by Cold Case Investigative Research Institute founder and Director Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, presented Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills updating a packed house Friday night on the unsolved May 2014 murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond...
Collen Oakley

Collen Oakley

GWM to host bestselling author Colleen Oakley

Georgia Writers Museum has announced its Meet the Author presenter for November will be Colleen Oakley, an Atlanta-based USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island, You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch, Before I Go, and Jane and Dan at the End of the World.On Nov. 5,...
GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

Writers Museum exhibits at Black Writers Weekend

Georgia Writers Museum participated in Black Writers Weekend, a conference held Aug. 1-3 in Austell that brought hundreds of writers from all over the U.S. As the only museum invited to exhibit at the conference, GWM hosted a compelling panel discussion and showcased a new traveling exhibit on...