Thu
Apr 10 2008
11:44 am
Congratulations to David Hunter
By: R. Neal

Congratulations to David Hunter, recipient of the 2008 Knoxville Writer's Guild Career Achievement Award.

Don Williams will be introducing David at the awards dinner, and says:

Presentation of the award will be a highlight of the Guild’s Spring Gala at St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 Broadway, from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. That event will include a community seminar and panel discussion called “Writing in the 22nd Century: Technology We Must Know”, and a celebration following with awards presentations and music by Kelle Jolly and Friends.

The Career Achievement Award is a salute to the full body of a writer’s work which spans a career. Past recipients include: Carson Brewer, George Scarbrough, Wilma Dykeman, Jon Manchip White and Jeff Daniel Marion.

Hunter’s work of the past 30 years includes 15 published books, numerous magazine and newspaper articles and a weekly opinion column that appears in the Knoxville News-Sentinel on Mondays.

Read more at the Knoxville Writer's Guild website.

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gonzone's picture

Good for David!

Submitted by gonzone on Thu, 2008/04/10 - 1:50pm.

Congratulations David!

I hear there's a bubba guy from South Knoxville does a bit of 'blog writing. Reckon he could get a mention?

Surely next year it will be Cormac McCarthy wins this? :-)
Or do they have to continue to reside here?

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

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Thanks, Bubba. Glad you

Submitted by Pam Strickland on Thu, 2008/04/10 - 5:07pm.

Thanks, Bubba. Glad you picked up Don's notice. As Awards Chair for the Guild, I was proud to nominate David. He was publishing books, while still a working cop, at a time when nobody but folks in the academy had books published. He has strong national recognition for his mystery writing with books that have become cult classics. Plus all those newspaper columns and some funny memoirs.

What you don't mention is that Katie Allison Granju will be on our community panel discussing technology that writers need to know. Also, there are Cyn Mobley, who will talk about print-on-demand publishing and Allen Wright, who will talk about using the web for more than a blog. They'll talk about the basics, but also about cutting edge issues.

Will also be honoring our contest winners. MC'd by Jennifer Alexander of B 97.5. Catered by Element Catering, which does Southern food with Asian and French touches. We're writers so we know how to throw a party -- one and all are welcome to join us. Check out the link Bubba gave, or PM me.

As for Cormac. Well, we prefer to honor folks who have spent the bulk of their life and career in East Tennessee. I hope that doesn't upset him too much.

Pam Strickland

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." ~Kurt Vonnegut

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