Anderson Ferrell

1996 Winner in
Fiction

Anderson Ferrell's first novel, Where She Was (1985), received the National Endowment for the Arts Grant for Literature. His second, Home for the Day (1994), was selected as one of the year's best by New York magazine and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His third novel, Have You Heard, was published in 2004.

Photo Credit:
Bill Hayward
Reviews & Praise

"Ferrell's melodious backtracking and sweet-tea atmospherics, along with his catty eye for small-town social distinctions and his keen ear for fence-line gossip, imbue Have You Heard with a juicy charm." —The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable writing . . . Ferrell is gifted not only at drawing realistic and sympathetic characters but also at making the most outlandish events seem feasible." Time Out New York [on Have You Heard]

"Strange and wonderful . . . A beautiful, bountiful and unusual book." —The Boston Globe [on Have You Heard]

Selected Works

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