Niles Reddick will kick off his four-state Book tour in the south will a celebratory event at the University of Memphis, Lambuth on August 30. Drifting Too Far from the Shore, which recounts the adventures of a widow in her late seventies who is "as opinionated as she is polite" has been receiving extremely positive advance reviews. The book will be released on September 15, 2016. Asked about his acclaimed heroine, Reddick said: "Muddy represents people who are aging, people who have lost loved ones, people who are Southern, people who care about about others, and people who care about the past."