Paris-born columnist and award-winning novelist Reavis Z. Wortham will be at the Paris Public Library on Saturday for a âcome and goâ book signing.
Due to ongoing Covid-19 precautions, there will be no discussion before the signing, and masks are encouraged but not required. The event is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m.
The cover of author Reavis Z. Wortham s new book, Laying Bones. Submitted Photo
Wortham was born in Paris, but lived and was educated in Dallas, spending most weekends, vacations and holidays in Chicota, in north Lamar County, with family. He attended Eastfield Junior College in Mesquite and earned a B.S. in industry management from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M Commerce), before earning a teaching degree and going to work for the Garland ISD. He retired from GISD as communications director.
In 2019, Paris native D.J. Pierce was in an Oscar-nominated movie with Lady GaGa and Bradley Cooper, became the first drag performer to walk the Oscar red carpet, was named to Time magazineâs 100 Next List and was cast in an HBO limited series program called âWeâre Here!â In 2020, thanks to Covid-19, he spent most of his time in his grandmotherâs home in Paris.
When filming on his new show was curtailed by the pandemic, Pierce chose to come home to Northeast Texas, but the quarantine couldnât keep him â or his alter-ego, âShangelaâ â out of the spotlight.