Alabama Authors Directory

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John M. Williams

Hometown: Auburn, AL Lives in: LaGrange, GA

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About John M. Williams

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama

Available for: Readings, Workshops, School Programs, In Person

Bio: John M. Williams is a mentor in the Reinhardt University MFA Creative Writing program. He was named Georgia Author of the Year for First Novel in 2003 for Lake Moon (Mercer UP). He has written and co-written numerous plays, with several local productions, and published a variety of stories, essays, and reviews through the years. His and co-author Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s play, Hiram: Becoming Hank, about the formative years of singer Hank Williams, has enjoyed several productions. His most …Read More recent books are Village People: Sketches of Auburn (Solomon and George 2016), and Atlanta Pop in the 50s, 60s, and 70s: The Magic of Bill Lowery (with Andy Lee White) (The History Press 2019), Monroeville and the Stage Production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (The History Press 2023). Other publications can be found on his website at: johnmwilliams.net, which hosts his blog, johnmwilliams.net/blog. He lives in LaGrange, Georgia.

Works: End Times–Novel–Sartoris Literary Group, September 2023
Monroeville and the Stage Production of “To Kill a Mockingbird”–Non-fiction–The History Press, February 2023
Hiram: Becoming Hank–Play, with music–Hiram Heritage Players Production at the …Read More Monroe County Courthouse, Monroeville, AL, April 16-18, 23-25, 2021
“In the Beginning was Kitto”–Short story–in One Surviving Story, ed. Howard Firkin. In Case of Emergency Press, July 2020
Atlanta Pop in the 50s, 60s, & 70s: The Magic of Bill Lowery (with Andy Lee White)–Non-fiction–The History Press, April 2019
Village People: Sketches of Auburn–Essays–Solomon and George Press, 2016
“Passion”–Short Story–A Cross of Centuries, ed. Michael Bishop. Thunder’s Mouth Press–2007

Awards: First Place in One-Act Play Competition for “Fish Hungry”–The Society of Southwestern Authors, “Wrangling with Writing” conference–2009
Georgia Writers ‘Georgia Author of the Year’–First Novel for Lake Moon–2003
Hackney Literary Award First …Read More Prize–Fiction, Birmingham Southern College–1988
Circle Literary Award First Prize–Fiction, Auburn University–1978

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