On Thursday, January 23rd, at 3:00 p/m. the Friends of the Lumpkin County Library Authors in the
Afternoon program will feature Mark Warren, discussing the process of conducting historical research in
the writing of fiction. His presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. All
attendees are invited to stay for the Friends of the Library Board Meeting which follows at 4:30 p.m.
Mark Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Georgia. At Medicine Bow, his nationally
renowned wilderness school in the mountains of Dahlonega, he teaches nature classes and primitive
survival skills. In 1980, the National Wildlife Federation named him Georgia’s Conservation Educator of
the Year.
Mark has written extensively about nature for local and national magazines, and has researched
Western frontier history for more than fifty years, presenting at museums and cultural centers around
the country, in addition to traditionally publishing eighteen books. Mark has been honored by the Spur
Awards, The Historical Novel Society, the Will Rogers Medallion Awards, The New Mexico – Arizona
Book Awards, and in 2022 his novel Song of the Horseman was a finalist for the Georgia Author of the
Year Award.