Alabama Authors Directory

The Alabama Authors Directory is a resource for readers, editors, publishers, educators, librarians, program planners, and the simply curious to discover and learn more about writers with connections to the state.

Authors directly submit their entries via this form, including publications, availability for programs and workshops, and contact information. Easily searchable and updated, the directory will grow and become more valuable with each entry.

Alabama authors are writing in every genre, for every age and interest, and in just about every corner of the world. From the new and emerging to the underknown to the best known, the Alabama Authors Directory is a resource to discover writers and works that reflect our rich, lively literary culture.

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Tim Lockette

Hometown: Angel, Alabama Lives in: Jacksonville, Alabama

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  • Email: timlockette@yahoo.com

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About Tim Lockette

Genres: Fiction, Children and Young Adults, Journalism

Available for: Readings, In Person, Remote

Bio: Tim Lockette grew up in the Angel community, west of Jacksonville. He has spent most of his career writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Anniston Star, The Gadsden Times, The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance. He has written three novels for young adults. His book Tell It True won the Whippoorwill Award in 2022 and was named a Junior Library Guild selection. In 2025, the American Library Association’s Rise Feminist Book Project listed …Read More Atty in Love among its suggested YA feminist reads.

Works:

Lockette, T. (2020) Atty in Love. Seven Stories Press
Lockette, T. (2021) Tell It True. Seven Stories Press
Lockette, T. (2024) Atty in Love. Seven Stories Press

Awards:

Selected for 2025 Rise: Feminist Book Project list ( for Atty in Love)
Whippoorwill Award (for Tell It True)
Junior Library Guild Selection (for Tell It True)
Pushcart Special Mention (for “Harriet Westbrook,” a short story)

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