Some famous North Carolina Authors?

answers1:Famous North Carolina Authors
answers2:Thomas Wolfe used many of the people of Asheville for his
book, Look Homeward, Angel. Reynolds Price wrote a lot of novels, and
O. Henry was a master of the short story.
answers3:The most famous one would be Thomas Wolfe, of Look Homeward
Angel fame, as he is both a native son and wrote of North Carolina.
Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain, is from North Carolina and
is currently a resident.Clyde Edgerton is from North Carolina and
currently lives there. His books are always about the area.Randall
Kenan is generating a bit of buzz, he is from North Carolina and
writes of it.Kaye Gibbons and Jill McCorkle is from North Carolina, as
you'll need to pay lip service to at least one female author.O. Henry
was born there, but his writing is seldom associated with North
Carolina, as it is mostly about New York. So that is your
call.Nicholas Sparks isn't from North Carolina, but merely lived there
for a time like Orson Scot Card, Lee Smith, or Carl Sandburg. Mostly
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answers4:Pretty sure Nicholas Sparks is from there...all his books are
set there anyway
answers5:Orson Scott Card - not born there, but lives and writes
there.O. Henry Tom RobbinsThomas
WolfeList:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Writers_from......Show
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