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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Derrick Simerly
Lives in: Jasper, AL
Contact Information
- Email: dsimerly31@gmail.com
- Website: https://dwsimerly.com/
Address:
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- Jasper, AL 35503
United States
- Jasper, AL 35503
- Preferred Contact Method: Email, Form on My Website
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About Derrick Simerly
Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Available for: Readings, In Person, Remote
Bio: Derrick Simerly is a writer and college English instructor living in Jasper, Alabama. He has taught Freshman writing at the University of North Alabama, Technical English at J.F. Ingram State Technical College, and now teaches English at Calhoun Community College. His award-winning fiction has appeared in Wingspan and Kinsman Quarterly. Derrick was also the 2025 winner of the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama’s William J. Calvert award. He is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee …Read More
Works:
Native Voices II, April 2026 (Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc.)
Awards:
Association of College English Teachers of Alabama’s William J. Calvert Award 2025
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