123 Browns Square Dr
Walhalla
SC
Join us as we welcome Author Cathy Pickens to talk about her newest book True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina. Cathy will speak about the fascinating true crime stories from our area as well as sign copies of her book. Books will be available for purchase for $22 in the OHM gift shop.
About the book:
True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina by Cathy Pickens
Upstate South Carolina is a scenic region of business centers, farms and textile towns. But it
has its dark side. In 1924, a local resident was convicted for poisoning a neighbor in a case
that went to the state supreme court. One resident aided a prisoner in a daring prison
break in the name of love. Fairfield County had its own version of witch trials. Crime writer
Cathy Pickens brings a novelist’s eye to the Upstate’s real crime stories and the
international headlines and the little-known tales that define the sinister—and
quirky—side of her home state.
About the Author:
Cathy Pickens grew up in Walhalla and graduated from Clemson and the University of South
Carolina School of Law. She has been a trial lawyer and college professor as well as a crime
fiction writer (Southern Fried Mysteries, St. Martin’s/Minotaur) and true crime columnist for
Mystery Readers Journal. She is professor emerita in the McColl School of Business, served as
national president of Sisters in Crime, on the national board of Mystery Writers of America, and
a founding member of the regional Forensic Medicine Program. She graduated from Clemson
and the University of South Carolina School of Law and works with prison inmates and women
in recovery on their own creative projects.
She is also the author of CREATE! (ICSC Press), offers coaching and workshops on developing
the creative process and works with writers on telling their stories.
Her other books from History Press include:
Charleston Mysteries
Charlotte True Crime Stories
True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina
Triangle True Crime Stories
True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina
True Crime Stories of Western North Carolina (coming September 2022)