Ann Pancake

Ann Pancake

female
novelist Potomac Highlands Jolo West Virginia writer short stories dirt
Ann Pancake is an American fiction writer and essayist. She has published short stories and essays describing the people and atmosphere of... More
Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam

male, 65 years old
New York Times NASA personnel author New York Times best-seller Space advocacy vietnam veteran … West Virginia writer
Homer Hadley Hickam, Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer. His autobiographical novel... More
Breece D'J Pancake

Breece D'J Pancake

male, deceased (1979)
University of Virginia Marshall University Huntington from West Virginia house of sand and fog milton … West Virginia writer
Breece D'J Pancake (June 29, 1952 - April 8, 1979) was an American author of short fiction.
Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

male, deceased (1915)
from Alabama West Virginia writer Alabama writer Virginia writer African American author
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community.... More
Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson

female, 60 years old
West Virginia writer from West Virginia University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press Ohio Arts Council MacDowell Colony
Maggie Anderson (b. 1948) is an American poet. Born September 23 in New York City, she attended West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia... More
Chuck Kinder

Chuck Kinder

male, 62 years old
Stanford University Honeymooners A Cautionary Tale Wonder Boys West Virginia writer From Pittsburgh waynesburg college
Charles Alfonso Kinder, II (born 1946) is an American novelist. Chuck Kinder was born October 8 in Montgomery, West Virginia to Charles Alfonso and... More
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

male, 58 years old
George Polk Award recipient Harvard University American piedmont African-American studies scholar West Virginia writer
Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. (born September 16,1950, Piedmont, West Virginia) is a literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public... More

Irene McKinney

female
Master's Degree west virginia wesleyan college PhD State of West Virginia Backcountry Contemporary Writing in West Virginia The Girl With the Stone in Her Lap … West Virginia writer
Irene McKinney is an American poet and editor, and has served as the Poet Laureate of the State of West Virginia (1993-). =Published Poetry... More
Mary Lee Settle

Mary Lee Settle

female, deceased (2005)
American women writer Lung cancer death actress non-fiction gone with the wind lung cancer … West Virginia writer
Mary Lee Settle (July 29, 1918 - September 27, 2005) was an American writer and winner of the National Book Award for her 1978 novel "Blood Tie".... More
Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson

male, deceased (1950)
Negro World contributor Washington, D.C. writer West Virginia writer Virginia writer from Washington, D.C. black history
Carter Godwin Woodson was an African American historian, author, journalist and the founder of Black History Month. He is considered the first to... More