Biography:

Teacher. Born– August 8, 1950, in Asheville, N.C. Grew up in Lanett, Ala. Married– Linda Dager. Children– Two. Education– Yale University, B.A., 1972; Trinity College of University of Dublin, diploma in Anglo-Irish literature, 1973; University of Virginia, M.A., 1974. Harvard University Honorary scholarship, 1968; Florida nominee, Rhodes Scholarship, 1972; honorary mention, Pushcart Prize, 1982. Taught English and was principal, Lovett School, 1974-1979; southeast director of Independent Educational Services, 1980-1983; writer-in-residence and chair, English Dept., Asheville School, 1983-. Member– Authors Guild, Poets and Writers, Modern Language Association, National Association of Independent Schools’ Writers, Modern Language Association, National Association of Independent Schools’ Academic Services Committee, National Council of Teachers of English. Published in The Carolina Quarterly, Missouri Review, Independent School.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service; Z. Vance Wilson, Asheville, N.C.

Publication(s):

The Quick and the Dead, a novel. New York; Arbor House, 1986.

They Took Their Stand. Atlanta; Aiken Press, 1983.