On Second Thought For Thursday, December 29, 2016

This week, the "On Second Thought" team revisits some of the best conversations during the last year. Acting senior producer Don Smith spends this show looking back on conversations with Georgia authors.

Robert Coram, who hails from Edison, Georgia, has written a series of acclaimed military biographies. One of them is about Brigadier General Robert Lee Scott of Waynesboro, Georgia. He was an American fighter pilot during World War II who flew in the Himalayas, one of the most dangerous routes possible at the time. Scott became a household name by writing about his experiences in the book “God is My Copilot” and played a key role in the opening of the Museum of Aviation near Robins Air Force Base. We talked with Coram about the man behind the myths and his enduring influence on Georgia aviation. 

We also talked with bestselling crime novelist Karin Slaughter. Originally from Jonesboro, Slaughter spent most of her life in Atlanta. She’s popular: more than 35 million copies sold, in 36 languages. Her new psychological thriller is called “The Kept Woman.” The novel follows a murder investigation led by one of Slaughter’s reoccurring characters, who’s a Georgia detective. 

Finally, 2016 is the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prize. The honor has been awarded to dozens of people from or living in Georgia. We re-visited our conversation with one of them, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Alice Walker.