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Laura Blackley has been making music in Western North Carolina for several years. She’s a singer, songwriter and guitarist who specializes in country, blues and rock with an emphasis on songwriting.

Keith Roysdon is a lifelong writer who worked for Indiana newspapers for 40 years. A Tennessee resident, he writes for a variety of publications. His third co-authored true crime book, “The Westside Park Murders,” won first place for Nonfiction Book in 2021 from Indiana Society of Professional Journalists. He writes fiction and his Tennessee-set crime novel “Seven Angels” won the 2021 Hugh Holton Award for Best Unpublished Novel from Mystery Writers of America Midwest.

Thomas Goldsmith worked in daily newspapers for 33 years before joining North Carolina Health News. Goldsmith is a native Tar Heel who attended the UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked at newspapers in Tennessee and at the Raleigh News & Observer.