Author of book on Harper Lee, Coosa County murders to visit library Wednesday
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Author Casey Cep said former Outlook editor Alvin Benn, left, and former reporter Jim Earnhardt, right, helped her with her novel on the Coosa County murders. Cep will be at the library 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for a Q&A and signing.

Author Casey Cep will host a question-and-answer session on her new novel “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” about the 1976 Coosa County murders and Lee’s involvement trying to write about it at Adelia M. Russell Library on Wednesday.

Lee attempted to write about the murders tied to Rev. Willie Maxwell and his murderer Robert Burns. Local attorney Tom Radney defended both Maxwell and Burns.

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