The Books Along the Teche Literary Festival (April 4 – 6, 2025) is proud to announce that Mary Kay Andrews will be the featured Great Southern Writer on April 5, in downtown New Iberia.
With a focus on Great Southern Writers, the Books Along the Teche Literary Festival highlights Iberia Parish authors and others who write about the unique culture of Louisiana. Events include cooking demonstrations, workshops on writing, a book fair, academic symposiums, receptions, poetry, music, children’s activities, and more. Participants can learn Cajun dancing and tour the areas described in the Dave Robicheaux novels.
To purchase individual tickets or all inclusive passes, visit BonTempsTix.com. Visit their website for information on all events.
The Symposium:
Andrews will give a symposium at 2 p.m. at the Sliman Theater in New Iberia (129 East Main St.), with a book signing following the program on Sat., April 5. Tickets to the symposium are $30.
About Andrews:
Mary Kay Andrews is the New York Times Best-Selling Author with over 30 novels. Her first novel, Every Crooked Nanny, was published in 1992 by HarperCollins. She went on to write ten critically acclaimed mysteries under her real name, Kathy Hogan Trocheck.
In 2002, she assumed the pen name Mary Kay Andrews with the publication of Savannah Blues. In 2006, Hissy Fit became her first New York Times bestseller, followed by fifteen more New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestsellers. To date, her novels have been published in German, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Dutch, Czech and Japanese.
A native of St. Petersburg, Fl., she earned a B.A. in journalism from The University of Georgia. After a 14-year career working as a reporter at newspapers including The Savannah Morning News, The Marietta Journal, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she spent the final ten years of her career, she left journalism in 1991 to write fiction.
