In As the Wicked Watch—the debut novel from Emmy Award winner, former TODAY Show host, and Luling, TX–born journalist Tamron Hall—a reporter unravels the mystery of two Black girls murdered by a serial killer terrorizing Chicago. With Edgar Award–winning author and Texas Writer Award recipient (2019) Attica Locke, Hall discusses her writing, her philanthropy with the Tamron ♥ Renate Fund, the similarities between her and protagonist Jordan Manning, and being a woman of color in the newsroom.

• Moderator: Attica Locke, 2019 Texas Writer Award recipient
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Tamron Hall, As the Wicked Watch