George Singleton

George Singleton
Born	George W. Singleton III 1958 Anaheim, California, United States
Occupation	Writer, Writing Teacher, Professor
Nationality	United States
Genre	Fiction, Southern Fiction
Literary movement	Grit Lit, Rough South
Website
www.georgesingleton.net

George Singleton is a Southern author who has written seven collections of short stories, two novels, and an instructional book on writing fiction. He was born in Anaheim, California and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. Singleton graduated from Furman University in 1980 with a degree in Philosophy and an inductee into Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Singleton was the longstanding teacher of fiction writing and editing at the South Carolina Governor's School For The Arts & Humanities in Greenville, SC.^[1] In 2009, Singleton was a Guggenheim Fellow,^[2] and in 2011 he was awarded the Hillsdale Award for Fiction by The Fellowship of Southern Writers.^[3] In 2013, Singleton accepted the John C. Cobb Endowed Chair in the Humanities at Wofford College where he currently teaches.^[4] Singleton was inducted into the Fellowship of Southern Writers in April 2015.^[5]

Works

Pep Talks, Warnings, And Screeds: Indispensable Wisdom And Cautionary Advice For Writers (2008)^[9]

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 67696530 LCCN: n00042204

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