Perry Page Turners Book Festival

Author, musician, and filmmaker Andrew Greer has published three books, released multiple chart-topping recordings, and directed the documentary Plainspoken—a film inspired by the lives of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and race relationships in the Carters’ hometown of Plains, Georgia. The film debuted on PBS in 2024. Greer’s latest book, More Than a President: Sundays with Jimmy Carter, features 15 lessons taught by the former president during his historic tenure teaching Sunday school. The collection released on Mercer University Press in the fall of 2025. A Texas native, Greer now makes his home in Plains. Learn more about him at andrew-greer.com.

Although many may call her an author, Debi Morzark Hutchens considers herself just a “talker on paper.” However, throughout her community, she is also known as a woman of faith, a fervent prayer warrior, a friend, an encourager, a cheerleader, and a broken vessel that a lot of water spills from. Having a deep passion to write since a child, it wasn’t until Debi went through her heart bypass journey that she discovered GOD was paving the way by using her adversity to open the door to fulfil her dream.

A Georgia transplant since 1982, Debi’s greatest joy and accomplishment is her husband, Larry, of fifty-three years, their four grown children and spouses, and ten grand-blessings (3 John 1:4). She is the author of A Bypass in the Road: Journey of the Heart; Got a Hole in the Bottom of My Shoe, but it is well with My “Sole“, and more recently, First Look Fresh Encounter: A Sweet Journey Through God’s Word, written together with two sister/friends. Debi is also a contributor to several advent books and devotionals, is presently fervently working to finish her third book.

Debi loves to share HIS hope wherever she goes. Recognizing there are many looking to fill a deep void in their hearts apart from JESUS, she lives out the calling found in 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV), “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the Hope that you have.” Debi also offers, “Drink from HIS Living Water and you’ll never thirst again. Promise.”

Angie Schwendeman is a wife, mother, photographer, and author. The Cincinnati native resides in middle Georgia with her husband, daughter, and faithful black Labrador. Although Perimenopause and Menopause: What you really want to know, but no one tells you is her first published book, she has been writing blogs, poetry, stories, and partial manuscripts since her days at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Go Big Orange!

While researching neurology about hormones, for Book 2 (“Meno Edition” – tentative title), Angie needed a break from reading medical journals. She set out to write an imaginative story inspired by her childhood and devoted to her daughter and dog. As a young girl, Angie wasn’t a big reader. She found reading boring and couldn’t get lost in the pages. That changed when she discovered the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books. The idea that the reader could choose the path sparked an instant change, which quickly turned her into a voracious reader.

On what started to be a mini hiatus from hormonal research, she wrote a story about a curious girl who solves mysteries with her beloved black Labrador. Angie framed the story in the style of “Choose Your Own Adventure,” with readers making decisions at the end of each chapter. In a short time, Book 1 turned into the Liv & Indy: You Make the Call Series. She hopes these books will appeal to readers looking for something interactive and a little different.

Angie is a self-proclaimed wine snob who enjoys coffee, tennis, pickleball, hummingbirds, travel, writing, photography, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Callie Murray is an author and entrepreneur who has been featured on The Today Show and in The New York Times. Her debut Southern fiction novel The Brunswick, releasing May 2026, delves into lesser-known historical details preceding World War II. Callie and her husband live in Norcross, Georgia with their seven children, four of whom came through the honor of foster care/adoption.

You can find Callie at her website — https://www.calliemurray.com/ and on FB — https://www.facebook.com/authorcalliemurray and Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/calliemurray/.

Chrissie Smith is an author, speaker, and Bible teacher. She served for over twenty-five years in the Christian Education ministry as a Christian school teacher and administrator, a Biblical counselor, and as Director of Education, developing and overseeing discipleship programs for all ages. She has an undergraduate degree in Christian Education from Toccoa Falls College, a Master’s and a PhD in Biblical Counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary and Louisiana Baptist University, and a Master’s in Organizational Management and Leadership from America Public University. Chrissie has a deep love for God’s Word and has a passion for sharing God’s Word and His love with others. She lives in Perry with her husband Mike, where they serve at Perry First Baptist Church. She is currently employed as a contracting officer at Robins AFB. 

Cindy Morgan is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter and author, a two-time GRAMMY® nominee, and a 14-time Dove Award winner—including the 2023 Inspirational Album of the Year for her work as a producer. She is also the recipient of the prestigious Songwriter of the Year honor and the 2024 Hollywood Independent Music Award for her single “Jubilee,” featuring Tommy Sims, from the soundtrack The Sounds of Jubilee, released alongside her debut novel The Year of Jubilee.

With 21 No. 1 radio singles, Morgan has written songs for an extensive list of artists, including Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Sierra Hull, Sandra McCracken, India Arie, Rachael Lampa, Rascal Flatts, Echosmith, Ricky Skaggs, Glen Campbell, Mandisa, Natalie Grant, and many others.

In 2023, Morgan released her debut novel, The Year of Jubilee, which was nominated for a Christy Award in General Fiction and an Audie Award for its audiobook performance. She also received a 2024 Music & Media Award nomination for Documentary Song of the Year for “Pain Has a Purpose.”

Morgan is the co-creator of the charitable Hymns for Hunger Tour with longtime collaborator Andrew Greer, raising awareness and support for hunger relief organizations worldwide. For the past decade, she has partnered with Operation Song, which pairs professional songwriters with veterans navigating PTSD to help them process their stories through music.

Most recently, Morgan has collaborated with City Gate and Hope in the Gate, writing songs that give voice to the stories of unhoused individuals across America.

She also recently hosted her first annual songwriting intensive, The Troubadour Storyteller’s Retreat, alongside her daughters, Cova Gentry and Savannah Shepherd, who are also writers.

Morgan is married to Jonathan, an attorney and songwriter.

To discover more, please visit Cindy’s website http://www.cindymorganmusic.com.

Tanya Agler writes sweet, small-town contemporary romance novels that center around the themes of hope and redemption. Her next Harlequin Heartwarming release, The Hometown Hero’s Fourth of July, will be available in June of 2026. She lives in Georgia with her husband and four children as well as her two dogs. Tanya loves hiking to waterfalls, watching classic movies, and relaxing with a good book and a cup of tea.

Find Tanya at her website — https://tanyaagler.com and on FB — https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTanyaAgler/ and Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/tanyaaglerauthor/.

William Rawlings was born, raised and lives in Sandersville, Georgia, home to his family for more than two centuries. His first five books were suspense novels set in rural Georgia. Turning then to non-fiction, he is the author of three subsequent works of Georgia (and Southern) history published by Mercer University Press. His books consistently garner excellent reviews, and he has been the recipient of a number of writing awards. One constant theme in Rawlings’s writing is a well-defined sense of place, especially in relation to the landscape of rural Georgia. He states, “One of life’s greatest pageants is the continuity of life in small Southern towns. Characters wander in and out, plying their intrigues and playing their roles, both major and minor. There’s hardly a need for fiction, as the truth is oftentimes more bizarre. What more inspiration could a writer ask for?” This approach to the floating opera of Southern life adds dimension and depth to Rawlings’s books.

To learn more, see the author’s website: http://www.williamrawlings.com.

Award-winning author Hope Welborn writes spine-tingling suspense, sprinkled with romance, and saturated with faith. By day, she masquerades as a digital content marketing technologist, and by night, she stays up too late putting words on the page. She is co-owner and design/technology manager for Spark Flash Fiction and a member of the Suspense Squad. Hope is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency.

Find Hope on her website — https://hopewelborn.com/ and on FB — https://www.facebook.com/authorhopewelborn/ and Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/hope.welborn/.

Barry Kinservik was born and raised in South Georgia. He developed a love of reading in fourth grade with Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Barry hasn’t stopped reading since. He has always had a love for hero tales and stories of epic struggles. While he attended Georgia Southwestern State University, he realized that he not only loved stories, but that he could enjoyed writing about them as well. He was awarded the Dolores Randolph Capitan Award for best creative writing. All of these events helped Barry to decide on a career in writing. When Barry isn’t writing or working at his day job, he can usually be found playing video games. It is no wonder that Barry enjoys the story lines of the games just as much as he does actually playing the game. He is also working towards ministry work and is currently an apprentice pastor in the Global Methodist Church. Barry enjoys stories across many forms of telling such as: Music, video games, graphic novels, books, and movies. He is drawn to the similar and different ways each of these modes tells the story and how the same story alters between different modes. Some of his favorite stories are Dark Souls (video game), Berserk (manga), Neon Genesis Evangelion (television and movie), Metalocalypse (television and music), Gilgamesh (classic hero tale), Frankenstein (novel), Transformers (television, movies, video games, and comics), and the Bible.

You can find Barry on his website — barrykinservik.com and on FB — https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079023840298.