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SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WRITERS |
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**A selective list of writers who either wrote in and/or about the Southern Appalachian region. A separate list has been created for writers who either wrote in and/or about western North Carolina. |
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 Appalachia,
general:
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| Alther, Lisa | |
| Arnow, Harriette | |
| Beaver, Patricia Duane | |
| Bell, Thelma Harrington | |
| Bridgers, Sue Ellen | |
| Cadle, Dean | |
| Carroll, Ruth | |
| Carson, Jo | |
| Caudill, Harry | |
| Caudill, Rebecca | |
| Chappell, Fred | |
| Chiltosky, Mary Ulmer | |
| Clark, Billy C. | |
| Cleaver, Bill & Vera | |
| Dickey, James | |
| Dillard, Annie | |
| DiSanto, Grace | |
| Drake, Robert | |
| Dykeman, Wilma | NC LITERARY HALL OF FAME |
| Ehle, John | NC LITERARY HALL OF FAME |
| Francis, Herbert Edward, Jr. | |
| Furr, William | |
| Giardina, Denise | |
| Gilkerson, Seth | |
| Godwin, Gail | |
| Goode, James B. | |
| Green, Lewis | |
| Grubb, Davis | |
| Hamner, Earl | |
| Haley, Gail E. | |
| Hazel, Robert | |
| Hulme, Francis | |
| Hunter, Kermit | |
| Jones, Madison | |
| Justus, May | |
| Knowles, John | |
| Lehman, Yvonne | |
| Linney,
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| McCarthy, Cormac | |
| McConnehey, Nelljean | |
| McNeil, Louise | |
| McWhirter, Millie | |
| Madden, David | |
| Maddux, Rachel | |
| Marion, Jeff Daniel | |
| Marius, Richard | |
| Miller, Caroline | |
| Miller, Jim Wayne | |
| Montgomery,
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| Morehouse, Kathleen | |
| Morgan, Robert | |
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| Ogburn, Dorothy | |
| Pennington, Lee | |
| Powell, Talmage | |
| Rackham, Jeff | |
| Reid, Christian | |
| Rice, Paul | |
| Roberts, Dorothy James | |
| Scarbrough, George | |
| Settle, Mary Lee | |
| Sherburne, James | |
| Shell, Betsy | |
| Simpson, Nancy | |
| Sinclair, Bennie Lee | |
| Smith, Lee | |
| Steadman, Mark | |
| Stewart, Albert | |
| Stewart, Dabney | |
| Still, James | |
| Stuart, Jesse | |
| Turner, Kermit | |
| Webb, Jim | |
| West, John Foster | |
| West, Don | |
| Wheeler, Billy Ed | |
| Williams, Jonathan (Highlands) | |
| Young, Charlotte | |
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Western
North Carolina: |
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| Thelma Harrington Bell (near Highlands) | |
| Kathryn Stripling Byer (Webster) | |
| Ruth Carroll | |
| Mary Nelson Carter (Blowing Rock) | |
| Nan Chase (Boone) | |
| Mary Ulmer Chiltosky (Cherokee) | |
| Vera Cleaver (Watauga Co.) | |
| Olive Tilford Dargan (Swain Co.) | |
| Irene Dayton (Flat Rock) | |
| Grace DiSanto (Morganton) | |
| Hilda Downer (Bandana) | |
| Wilma Dykeman (Asheville) | |
| Eloise Buckner Ebbs (Asheville) | |
| Gail Godwin (Asheville) | |
| Gail E. Haley (Boone) | |
| Kathleen Morehouse (North Wilkesboro) | |
| Dorothy Ogburn (Highlands) | |
| Poole, Maria Louisa | |
| Nancy Simpson (Hayesville) | |
| Arthur W. Spalding | |
| Jonathan Williams (Highlands) | NC LITERARY HALL OF FAME |
| Thomas Wolfe | NC LITERARY HALL OF FAME |
| Charlotte Young (Asheville) | |