Episode 155 - Chris Hamby & David Bell, Authors

This year's virtual Kentucky Book Festival is already in full swing with Author Happy Hours every Thursday, and a full line up of events from November 9-14. On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Bill Goodman talks to two featured festival authors, Chris Hamby and David Bell. Chris Hamby is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose new book, "Soul Full of Coal Dust," takes an investigative look at the resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia. Chris will be featured on the "Healthy at Home": Appalachia Then & Now panel on Saturday, November 14 at 11 am. David Bell is the bestselling author of many mystery and thriller novels, and he teaches English and directs the MFA program at Western Kentucky University. His newest book, "The Request" is now out from Berkely. David Bell will be joining three other crime novelists on Thursday, October 29 at 7 pm to talk about "Writing the Perfect Crime." For more information about Kentucky Book Festival events and to register, visit kyhumanities.org. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible through generous funding from Spalding University.