George Singleton
American author (born 1958) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Singleton is an American author who has written eight collections of short stories, two novels, a collection of essays, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California, and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated from Furman University in 1980 with a degree in philosophy and was an inductee into Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Born | George W. Singleton III May 13, 1958 Anaheim, California, United States |
Occupation | Writer, writing teacher, professor |
Genre | Fiction, Southern Fiction |
Literary movement | Grit Lit, Rough South |
Singleton was the longstanding teacher of fiction writing and editing at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities in Greenville, South Carolina.[1] In 2009, Singleton was a Guggenheim fellow,[2] and in 2011 he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by the Fellowship of Southern Writers.[3] In 2013,[4] Singleton accepted the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Wofford College, where he taught until 2020.[5] Singleton was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers in April 2015, and was awarded the John William Corrington Award for Literary Excellence in 2016.[6] In 2024, Singleton appeared on the SEC Network television program TrueSouth Presented by YellaWood.[7]
Works
Fiction
Short story collections
- These People Are Us: Stories (2001)[citation needed]
- The Half-Mammals of Dixie (2002)[citation needed]
- Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood (2004)[citation needed]
- Drowning in Gruel (2006)[citation needed]
- Stray Decorum (2012) [8]
- Between Wrecks (2014) [9]
- Calloustown (2015) [10]
- Staff Picks (2019) [11]
- You Want More (2020) [12]
- The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs (2023)
Novels
- Novel (2005)[citation needed]
- Work Shirts for Madmen (2007)[citation needed]
Nonfiction
References
External links
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