Now, Appalachia interview with author Jackie Flaum

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Jackie Flaum about her new novel THE PRICE OF A FUTURE.Avid water aerobics swimmer, amateur jewelry-maker, and mystery writer Jackie Ross Flaum began as a reporter for The Hartford Courant in Hartford, Conn.After moving to Memphis and abandoning reality for fiction, she won first place for romantic suspense in the 21st annual Duel on the Delta and second place in the spring 2019 Short Story Land online competition.Thus encouraged, she tested several flavors of writing--chic lit, mystery, suspense, crime—and had short stories published in anthologies of all genres.To her shock, her first novel of the South is considered historical fiction because it is set in the 1960s. “Justice Tomorrow,” introduces investigators Madeline Sterling and Socrates Gray, who are also featured in a short story published in “Now There Was A Story.”