William Gay (1941-2012) was an American author of Southern literature. From Hohenwald, Tennessee, Gay joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Vietnam War. Upon returning back to the States, he lived in New York and Chicago before going back to Tennessee (where he would remain). He wrote from the age of 15 onwards, but didn’t get anything published until 1998.
William Gay made his debut as a published novelist in 1999 with the novel The Long Home. It won the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize. Below is a list of William Gay’s books in order of when they were first released:
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