Born: 1950 in Athens, Georgia
Williams is a published novelist, poet and essayist
Philip Lee Williams, who grew up in Madison, started his writing career when he created poetry for small magazines at his time at the University of Georgia
Some of his books are
The Heart of a Distant Forest
The Song of Daniel
All the Western Stars
Slow Dance in Autumn
This book is about a detective in Atlanta
A Distant Flame
This book is set in the times of the Civil War
He publishes both fiction and non-fiction books
He was won the Georgia Writers Association's Georgia Author of the Year Award two times
Also he has won the Georgia Governor's Award in the Humanities for his book In the Morning: Reflection Toward First Light