Cassandra kinging in the author of five novels including moonrise her literary homage to rebound becca. Moon rice was moonrise was a southeastern independent book ellers alliance best seller. Cassandra king is joining us today to hell celebrate a beloved writer and friend of festival. Pat conroy. He has influenced a generation of writers and moved readers both in and out of the low country with his enforcingis gettable prose. Today she was success hi book of essays published posthumously. I always struggle with that word. Please give a very warm welcome to cassandra king. [applause] thank you so much. Great to be here in sister city of savannah. I live in buford. I come over here frequently and pat i both loved satisfy van nave always think of savannah as scar let scarlet oparaand charles son is miss melanie. I have a soft spot for savannah. This, of course, is bittersweet for me to be here, talking about pat, especially this time of year because its been almost a year, two or three of