Local authors will be at library for Bazaar Saturday

The Red River County Public Library will once again host local Texas authors Saturday during
the Fall Bazaar Saturday.
The authors will be Reavis Wortham, Johnie Lee, Martha Sue Stroud, Joe Hewitt, Lou Antonelli,
and Marion Butts.
A Paris native Wortham is acclaimed for his The Red River Series books, including “The Rock
Hole”, which was a finalist in the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award presented by the
Independent Book Publishers Association, and a finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion.
In 2018 he published his seventh novel in the Red River series, “Gold Dust.” His new Sonny
Hawke thriller series premiered in 2017 with “Hawke’s Prey,” and Hawke’s War released in
June, 2018.He's a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Writers’ League of Texas,
International Association of Crime Writers (North American Branch), Sisters in Crime, The
Texas Outdoor Writers Association, and International Thriller Writers.
Johnie Lee is the president of the Red River County Genealogical Society and is the author of
many local history books.
A Red River County native who’s lived in Greenville for 16 years, Martha Sue Stroud will have
copies of her latest book, “So Dear to My Heart” for sale Saturday at the library. She has also
written “Gateway to Texas: A History of Red River County” and “For the Love of Country: The
Price of Freedom”.
In addition to her local history books, Stroud has authored six cookbooks.
A pastor and former journalist, Joe Hewitt lives in Hugo and his non-fiction includes “Adobe
Walls to Tularosa”, “I Was Raised a Jehovah’s Witness”, “Rescuing Slaves of the Watchtower”,
and “ Pastor’s Adventures, the Good, the Bad, and the Sad.” His fiction includes “Murder on the
Sky Ride”, and “My Love, My Enemy”.
Lou Antonelli is the owner and editor of The Clarksville Times and a member of the Science
Fiction Writers of America. His alternate history novel “Another Girl, Another Planet” was a
finalist for the prestigious Dragon Award in 2017.
Marion Butts is a prominent local historian and