Born: 1935 in Alma, Georgia
Very Southern Style of Writing:
He grew up in 1930 in rural Georgia
A lot of his books are about White rural South Georgia and a land full of tenant farmers
Most of his writings take place in modern day Florida and Georgia
His family was very poor
He became paralyzed at the age of 5 and had to bring himself out of it
He burned 2/3 of his body and experienced tremendous pains
He wrote short stories and his first novel was The Gospel Singer which was about religion
His finest memoir is about the violence and desperation around him when he was a boy.
He now lives in Gainesville, Florida