About
An American author of short stories and novels, he is best known for A Summons to Memphis. He was the 1987 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Before Fame
He studied at Rhodes College and Vanderbilt University.
Trivia
His collection, The Old Forest and Other Stories, won the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Family Life
He was married for fifty-one years to poet Eleanor Ross Taylor.
Associated With
He was good friends with Robert Penn Warren.
