“This program is neat because Mississippi is known for writers,” says series co-creator John Evans. “It should be fun to hear what they have to say.”

Evans and Edwards conceived the show as a creative tour of writers and writing. With several episodes planned for each year, the show will explore a mixture of authors, topics and genres.

They plan to chat with short story authors, mystery writers, poets, and more. Plus, Writers will take some in-depth looks at some of the great writers this region has produced.

Beginning with the Eudora Welty house in Jackson, the Mississippi Public Broadcasting team will take Writers to literary and historic sites. Each place will be chosen to enhance the writers’ style and subject matter.

Writers host, Gene Edwards, is the Director of Content for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. A former news anchor and expert interviewer, Edwards has won numerous awards. “I am excited because this is the beginning of a great partnership with the William Battle and Saramel Repsher Crooks Foundation,” he says, “who believe, as we do, that writers and writing should be celebrated. The family of Saramel and Billy Crooks wanted to put together a program in honor of their father and mother that expressed their love of the creative spirit, in particular the written word.”

(#106 - Food Writers) Frank Stitt, Marvin Woods, host Gene Edwards and John T. Edge	(#105 - Humorists) Roy Blount, Jr., Jill Conner Browne, host Gene Edwards, Julia Reed
(#103/#104 - Novelists) Tom Franklin, Tim Gautreaux, host Gene Edwards,Kent Haruf	(#102 - Short Stories) Mary Ward Brown, Steve Yarbrough, host Gene Edwards, Alistair MacLeod
(#101 - Eudora Welty) Veteran TV Journalist Roger Mudd, host Gene Edwards, former Mississippi governor William Winter, and Welty scholar Suzanne Marrs.