George Singleton is a Southern author who has written six collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. He graduated from Furman University in 1980 with a degree in Philosophy. He also holds an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the longstanding teacher of fiction writing and editing at the South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities in Greenville, SC.[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, Singleton accepted the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities as Wofford College where he currently teaches. [4]
Works
- These People Are Us: Stories, 2001
- The Half-Mammals of Dixie, 2002
- Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood, 2004
- Novel, 2005
- Drowning in Gruel, 2006
- Work Shirts For Madmen, 2007
- Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers, 2008[5]
- Stray Decorum, 2012 [6]
- Between Wrecks, Forthcoming in 2014 [7]
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Anaheim, California |
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