2003 News Archive

Harbor House's Lazard Legacy a Top Seller in Atlanta

ATLANTA - The Lazard Legacy, by Sandersville physician Dr. William Rawlings Jr.,
placed third in book sales in Atlanta Waldenbook stores for the month of August.

The 300-page thriller, published by Augusta-based Harbor House, pushed ahead of
5th place Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy (Penguin) and 9th place South Beach Diet
by Dr. Arthur Agatston (Rodale Press).

All Men Are Rogues by Sari Robins (Avon) placed first and Sex and the Sleepwalker by Donna Sterling (Harlequin) came in second.

"Obviously, we're elated by how well The Lazard Legacy is selling in the Atlanta market," said publisher E. Randall Floyd. "This book is forging ahead in many markets across the country, not just in the South."

Dr. Rawlings' second novel, The Rutherford Cipher--a modern thriller set in Georgia based on the lost Confederate gold--will be released next Fall.

"This book is going to surprise and even shock a lot of people," Mr. Floyd predicted.

Dr. Rawlings has been invited to do a special autograph signing during the Southeastern Booksellers Association annual convention at Jekyll Island, Ga.,
Sept. 19-21. He also was selected to conduct a reading and signing at Mercer University's Author's Luncheon, a much-publicized annual literary event hosted by best-selling novelist Pat Conroy, in Atlanta in November.