Southern Authors

The Whole Town's Talking Fannie Flagg

THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING follows neighbors and descendants of the founders of a small town as they live, love, die and carry on in manners and ways unseen and heard before. This wonderful feel-good story is about a community that never dies. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning...

Afternoons with Harper Lee Wayne Flynt

AFTERNOONS WITH HARPER LEE is an open window into the life of one of the literary world's most private icons, written by the one who knew her best. It is full of personal stories and laughter, as well as never-before-revealed biographical insights. Harper Lee would love this book - so will you!

 

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Alabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition Wayne Flynt

ALABAMA: THE HISTORY OF A DEEP SOUTH STATE, BICENTENNIAL EDITION is the essential history of the great state of Alabama,...

The Trackers Charles Frazier

THE TRACKERS is set during the roughest part of the depression and follows an artist attempting to track down the missing wife of his wealthy benefactor. 

 

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Varina Charles Frazier

VARINA brings Charles Frazier's readers back to the devastation of Cold Mountain, but with a meticulously researched and beautifully written inside look at the wife of Jefferson Davis, and how she was forced to cope with a life she never imaged after meeting the wealthy planter as a teenager.

 

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Rural Studio at Twenty: Designing and Building in Hale County, Alabama Andrew Freear

RURAL STUDIO AT TWENTY is a retrospective look at the first two decades of the Rural Studio at...

The Lost Country William Gay

THE LOST COUNTRY might very well be the most anticipated Southern Gothic novel ever published. The astonishing delivery of the manuscript, ten years after the advance was paid and six years after the author's death, presents a mystery unto itself. The haunting prose of this dark road trip grips the reader with multiple...

Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews Ted Geltner

BLOOD, BONE, AND MARROW: A BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY CREWS gives a true look at the outlaw writer whose personal life rivaled that of his darkest characters.

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed by Ted Geltner on the title page while on tour with Michael Connelly (who wrote the...

The Exchange John Grisham

THE EXCHANGE is the riveting sequel to The Firm. Find out what happened to Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of their Memphis law firm.

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Sooley John Grisham

SOOLEY showcases John Grisham's storytelling genius in another of his trips away from the courtroom to the sports arena - and is gripping and suspenseful as any legal thriller. The reader is allowed to follow an immigrant escaping civil war back home to become a basketball legend. But will this be enough to save his...