Mike Mullins
Mike Mullins didn’t start the Appalachian Writers Workshop; Hall of Fame writer Albert Stewart did that. He didn’t teach at the workshop; Hall of Fame writers Harriette Simpson Arnow, James […]
Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle, who spent much of her childhood in Pineville, Kentucky, wrote 23 books, including 15 novels. Her novel Blood Tie won the National Book Award for Fiction in […]
Paul Brett Johnson
As a University of Kentucky student, studying art and special education, Paul Brett Johnson enrolled in a class about writing for children. But it would take another two decades, during […]
Billy C. Clark
Billy C. Clark wrote memoir, fiction and poetry about his life and river culture along the Kentucky-West Virginia border, where the Big Sandy flows into the Ohio at Catlettsburg. His […]
George C. Wolfe
George C. Wolfe, one of the most celebrated playwrights and directors in theater and film, is more famous as a director than a writer. The Frankfort native has directed 17 […]
Fenton Johnson
Fenton Johnson was in sixth grade when he decided he must leave Kentucky when he grew up. He hated the racism he saw around him in New Haven. A few […]
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Mary Ann Taylor-Hall studied creative writing at universities in Florida and New York City. But it wasn’t until she settled into a “tar-paper shack” on a rural Kentucky ridge that […]
