The 2016 Authors’ and Entrepreneurs’ Showcase will be Saturday, Sept. 17, from 5:30- 9:30 p.m. at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
It is presented by the Serious Writers’ Accountability & Training (S.W.A.T.) Camp.
Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the event that features over 30 authors and entrepreneurs from Chattanooga and beyond. They will be on hand to sign their literary debuts and showcase the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive and well in Chattanooga, officials said.
There will be book giveaways from each author, a grand prize drawing of a basket filled with books from each author, as well as a $25 gift certificate. The basket is valued at $200.
There will be several mystery prize drawings throughout the evening.There will be spoken word artist and musical performance to kick off the free event.
For more information, please contact Laura Brown at 423-402-9317.
Among those appearing will be Claire Henley Miller with her new book Mile 445: Hitched in Her Hiking Boots.
This is the story "of one woman’s wild, deep, beautiful adventure along the Pacific Crest Trail, where she meets - and marries - her husband within 30 days of starting her journey. Not many people can say they met and married their spouse within 30 days of beginning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. But that’s exactly what happened to 25-year-old Claire.
"Mile 445 is the inspiring - and romantic - true story of how Ms. Miller left corporate life behind to embark on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada. She is doing it alone, and the only gear she takes to survive the trek in the mountains of California, Oregon, and Washington fits inside her sixty-eight-liter backpack.
"At the start of her five-month journey, she meets a handsome young man known on the trail as Big Spoon. Their paths keep crossing. The two quickly see a greater reason for their expedition than to explore the rigorous wilderness. They fall madly in love and get married. But their adventure is just beginning.
"Told with rich vitality, Miller’s quest unfolds in mystical ways through deadly desert storms, 14,000-foot ascents, and decisions that will affect the rest of her life. This bold tale of courage and determination brims with humor and suspense as it reveals life, love, and loss in the rawness of the wild."
Mile 445 is available at Amazon.com. To read newspaper articles and/or listen to radio interviews on Ms. Miller’s life-changing adventure, please visit www.clairehenleymiller.com.