Author Brian W. Smith talks about how a personal trauma started his writing career

Brian W. Smith is award winning, best-selling author.

In all, Smith has written 14-novels.

Smith also has a military background and wrote his first novel after enduring a personal trauma.

• 4^th Annual Literacy Festival
• Black Writers & Book Clubs (BWABC) Literacy Festival
• Memphis Cook Convention Center
• Saturday, Sept. 19^th
• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.