Join Michael Merschel author, former books editor at The Dallas Morning News, and frequent host of the Dallas Museum of Art “Arts & Letters Live Author Series” for an engaging discussion on talking about books - yours or anybody else's - like a pro. Michael will share tales he’s witnessed at various book events and relate some dos and don’ts about book publicity in addition to sharing insights about author interviews he’s conducted, ranging from Khaled Hosseini to Colleen Hoover to William Shatner and more.

MICHAEL MERSCHEL is an editor with extensive narrative, lifestyles, and breaking-news experience. He’s a writer who has provided columns, reviews, and author interviews, ranging from Khaled Hosseini to Colleen Hoover to William Shatner. In his role as a freelance humorist, he has contributed to A Prairie Home Companion and Dallas' Ground Zero Theater Company. His hilarious out-of-office reply ended up in The New York Times and on NPR, and his award-winning middle-grade novel REVENGE OF THE STAR SURVIVORS was published in 2017.