FSU Panama City hosts bestselling author Terah Shelton Harris book launch luncheon

Acclaimed author Terah Shelton Harris will share the international launch of her new novel, “Where the Wildflowers Grow,” with readers at FSU Panama City next month.

Harris will be the guest of honor for a literary luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Holley Academic Center, 4750 Collegiate Drive. 

A former librarian who now writes upmarket, often bittersweet, fiction, Harris is also the author of One Summer in Savannah and Long After We Are Gone. Her work has been chosen as a Target Book Club pick, LibraryReads pick, Kobo Best Book, Publisher’s Marketplace Buzz Book, and a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee. She was Target’s first-ever Author of the Year in 2024.

Where the Wildflowers Grow is a poignant story of survival and redemption that questions what it means to stop existing and start living. When the bus carrying her to prison crashes, the sole survivor stumbles upon an unlikely sanctuary—a flower farm in rural Alabama, tucked away from the rest of the world. As she finds peace and begins to consider that she’s not beyond redemption, her secret truth will be revealed.

The author’s presentation will include a menu catered by Edgewater Beach Resort. The cost is $50 per person, which includes lunch, mimosas and a signed copy of the novel.

Checks can be made out to the FSU Foundation and delivered by mail to 4750 Collegiate Drive, Panama City, FL 32405, or payment can be made via cash or check on the day of the event. To reserve a ticket, RSVP via Eventbrite.com: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-do-lunch-book-launch-with-terah-shelton-harris-tickets-1975124121416.

For more information, email events@pc.fsu.edu or call (850) 770-2150.