Georgia Writers Museum is excited to announce the December Meet the Author event featuring bestselling authorTori Whitaker, who will present her new book, “A Matter of Happiness.”

The event will be held at the museum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3^{. D}oors open at 6:30p.m. Tickets are $40, and will feature a unique gourmet meal fashioned around the theme of Whitaker’s new book.

Melanie Barnett thinks she has it all together. With an ex-fiancé and a pending promotion at a Kentucky bourbon distillery, Melanie has figured out that love and career don’t mix, until she makes a discovery while cleaning her Jordan MX car, a scarlet-red symbol of the Jazz Age’s independent women that she inherited from her great-great-great-aunt, Violet. Its secret compartment holds Violet’s weathered journal―within it an intriguing message: “Take from this story what you will, Melanie, and you can bury the rest.”

Melanie wonders what more there is to learn from Violet’s past.

In 1921, Violet Bond defers to no one. Hers is a life of adventure in Detroit, the hub of the motorcar boom and the fastest growing city in America. But in an era of speakeasies, financial windfalls, free-spirited friends, and unexpected romance, it’s easy to spin out of control.

Now, as Melanie’s own world takes unexpected turns, her life and Violet’s life intersect. Generations apart, they’re coming into their own and questioning what modern womanhood―and happiness―really mean.

This story, told in parallel times, will keeps readers on the edge of their seats. NY Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry called the book, “A thrill of a ride and a beautiful read.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described the book this way: “Tori Whitaker’s tender and lighthearted work of historical fiction…is heartfelt and beautiful.” 

Whitaker is the bestselling author of “Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish” and “A Matter of Happiness.” She belongs to the Bourbon Women Association and the Historical Novel Society. Her work has appeared in the Historical Novels Review and Bookmarks magazine. Whitaker graduated from Indiana University, is an alum of the Yale Writers’ Workshop, and is recently retired from a national law firm where she served as chief marketing officer. She spent a decade in Detroit because of her husband’s career in the automotive industry. The two now reside near their children outside Atlanta.

Attendees are encouraged to come in Roaring ‘20s costumes.

Visit www.georgiawritersmuseum.org to register and pre-order a copy of “A Matter of Happiness.”