ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — The Orange Beach Public Library, Just Books and Coastal Books will host an author booksigning featuring Alabama authors Rick Bragg and Sonny Brewer on Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Orange Beach Senior Center.

Bragg will be signing “The Most They Ever Had.”

In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue collar people in Jacksonville, Ala. that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill.

Brewer will be signing “The Widow and The Tree.”

Set in the mysterious countryside of coastal Alabama, a fabled giant tree has kept watch over a widow's family land for 500 years. Her father is buried in its shade.

So why would she hire someone to kill Ghosthead Oak? Brewer’s provocative novel is based on a true story.

This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event.