Vicksburg is not short of writers, and Laura Weeks, the owner of Lorelei Books on Washington Street, makes it her mission to offer these authors a chance to meet their readers and hold book signings.

“People would be surprised to learn how accomplished some people who grew up in Vicksburg have become in their lives and gone on to write books, and then they reappear decades later with people they have grown up with having not seen them for that long a time frame.”

Weeks said she remembered when Polly Dement, author of “Mississippi Entrepreneurs” came in.

“I remember people saying, ‘We have not seen her in at least 40 or more years,’” she said.

On Thursday, Weeks will have former resident Elizabeth Guider signing her latest book “Milk and Honey On the Other Side.”

Guilder is a longtime entertainment journalist who has worked in Rome, Paris and London as well as in New York and Los Angeles.

This will be Guilder’s first time to do a booksigning at the local bookstore.

“I am excited about having her here because she is yet another example of someone who has lived away from the Vicksburg community for a long time, and I suspect a lot of people will have not seen her in years and will enjoy the opportunity to speak to her again,” Weeks said.

The booksigning will begin at 2 p.m. and Weeks said Guider’s story is set in Vicksburg, and involves forbidden love.

Former Vicksburg resident Angela Fordice Jordan will sign her latest novel from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 27.

The book is set in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and is described as a story of a woman, Jane May Gideon, who has gone through a divorce and been estranged from her only child

“The Bridge to Home” finds its main character embarking on an unexpected journey from the top of a mountain through the unexplored depths of her ancient past — a journey that will eventfully take her home.

Weeks said Jordan signed her first book, “We End in Joy,” a number of years ago at the bookstore and there had been a great turn out.

“We expect to have a similar turnout this time,” she said.

Marshall Ramsey will also be accompanying Jordan at the booksigning.

“He will be with her that day of the Christmas open house signing his own 20th anniversary collection of his cartoons, and what is interesting to note is the forward for Angie’s first book was written by Marshall. It will be great to have the two of them side by side,” Weeks said.

Weeks has owned and operated the independent bookstore for 10 years, and though she could not give an exact account on the number of Vicksburg authors she has hosted, since there had been some repeats, she said she has kept up with the fact these authors have displayed a variety of writing genres.

“Because these people are all so different the books have ranged from memoir to non-fiction, to books that are about business in Mississippi, to the Civil Rights Period to horror fiction. It just runs the complete gamut, because like a community these authors are a diverse group of writers in many ways, which is also what makes Vicksburg so interesting. So they reflect the community even in that way,” Weeks said.