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From Prosecuting Attorney to Television Personality Best-Selling to Fiction Author
The NANCY GRACE Interview
by Michael Buffalo Smith I first met Nancy Grace at the Mercer
University Press Author’s Luncheon three years ago. It came as quite a surprise to me, as I had no knowledge of her connections to Mercer, nor did I realize she was an author. I knew her, like most people, as the outspoken host of The Nancy Grace Showon CNN and HLN, and as a major advocate of victim’s rights in criminal law cases. Meeting Nancy, I was immediately
smitten by her kindness, charm and wit- just a good ol’ Georgia girl whose face happens to be internationally recognizeable. The day of the luncheon, I picked up her non-fiction book Objection!, which I would later review in KUDZOO. A little later I found out about her fiction, or “faction,” as Pat Conroy put it, works of fiction often based on events in the author’s life - and the adventures of her char- acter Hailey Dean. I would later read the first three Hailey Dead novels, including the lat- est, Murder in the Courthouse. I promised Nancy back then that I was
going to call her. I had asked for her contact, as I really wanted to do an interview. I got busy, and never got around to calling. (Sorry Nancy!) and then I ran into her again at the 2016 Author’s Luncheon and embarrassingly apologized for dropping the ball. So now, without further delay, we present my conver- sation with one fine writer, Nancy Grace.
Nancy, you were born in Macon, Geor- gia, is that correct? Yes, I was born in Bibb County in Macon, Georgia and I grew up in very, very rural area where there was nothing to be seen but pine trees and soybean fields.
I knew you attended Mercer Univer- sity. Would you tell us a little about your years at Mercer? What was your experience like there? Well, you know Michael, Mercer played a very big role in my life. I had started at Valdosta State College, which is now Valdosta Univer- sity and that is where I met my then fiancee' Keith Griffin. He had to transfer to UGA to finish his degree - he was on Baseball Schol-
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