Thank you for coming to this panel. At 2 45. True crime across america. Im the graduate dean at jackson state university, and im happy to be here as a room coordinator. Well have 45 minutes for the session and then leave 15 for q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecile and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james, at i skipped over. Curtis wilkie. An associate prefer of journalism at the university of mississippi and fellow at the university oses center for southern journalism and politics and will take over. Thank you and thank you all for coming, and we appreciate the presence of our guest on the panel here at the mississippi book festival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly our guests, and well carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have some questions for the panel toward the end of hour our hour. Karen abbott is bestsale august authorize of several books a