On May 25th at noon, the Old Courthouse Museum will host historian and author, Laura Finger, as part of our Summer Lunch Lecture. Laura currently lives in Booneville, Mississippi. After receiving her Master’s Degree in History from Middle Tennessee State University, she worked as Archivist for the Houston Public Library System in Houston, TX and at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, TX. Following her years as an archivist, she moved to Austin, TX, where she worked as a Records Manager for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Water Development Board. Over a decade ago, she returned to Mississippi to start a career as a freelance writer and author. She is the author of more than twelve books, writing nonfiction under her own name, and historical fiction under her pen name, Laura du Pre. An accidental discovery of her own genealogy led her to start the Three Graces Trilogy, set in the 16th Century France during the time of her Huguenot ancestors. Her current project is a nonfiction exploration of the role of Christian Mysticism in the modern Episcopal Church. When not writing, she is a back-of-the-pack runner in local races, paints in acrylic and watercolor, and serves on the Vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Everyone is welcome to come and hear a Mississippi author.