AVL Lit Map | Asheville's Guided Literary Walking Tour

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Jimmy and Sarah are both amateur Asheville historians and Thomas Wolfe Scholars.

Jimmy MacKenzie is an avid reader, emerging writer, and lover of all things weird, spooky, and mysterious about Asheville. He holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from UNC Asheville and has worked for media companies around the Asheville area for more than 15 years. In his spare time, he’s found his way onto HuffPost, Boing Boing, Business Insider, The Daily Dot, and The Millions.

Sarah Giavedoni has trouble balancing her reading list with all the activities there are to do in Asheville—But, oh!, what a problem to have. She has a B.A. in Mass Communications from UNC Asheville and has worked for national nonprofits and academic publications, even though she refuses to move out of Asheville. During the day, her regular employers pay her to blog about all the fun things there are to do in Western North Carolina.