Author to discuss Award-Winning Book at TCTC

Greenville novelist Matt Matthews will discuss his award-winning Southern coming-of-age book, “Mercy Creek” on March 6, at Tri-County Technical College. The event, which is sponsored by the College’s Enrichment Series Committee, will be held from 1:20 to 2:20pm in the Marshall Parker Auditorium on the College’s Pendleton Campus.  It is free and open to the public. “Mercy Creek” tells the story of 16-year-old Isaac, who is trying to make the confusing transition from child to young man. He makes many revelations about himself and life as he begins to dig deeper into the mysteries of his small Southern town.  The book won the South Carolina Arts Commission First Novel Prize and the 2012 Bronze IPPY award in regional fiction of the Southeast.