Connie May Fowler

Connie May Fowler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. Her most recent work, The Problem with Murmur Lee, was chosen as Redbook's premier book club selection. Before Women had Wings, was adapted into an Emmy-winning film starring Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Barkin and also received the 1996 Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Buck Award from the League of American Pen Women. Her work has been translated into 15 languages and is published worldwide. Fowler is a native of Florida and is the recipient of the festival’s 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award. Visit her website at www.conniemayfowler.com