Lee Smith

Author of many novels and short stories, best-selling writer Lee Smith has received numerous awards for her works, including two O. Henry Awards....

A consummate storyteller in the Southern tradition, Lee Smith tugs at her listeners' heartstrings with this haunting narrative that reads like a country ballad....

When she is thirteen years old, Evalina Toussaint, the orphaned child of an exotic dancer in New Orleans, is admitted as a mental patient to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina....

Oral History, the lyrical saga of a Virginia mountain family, follows four generations of Cantrells over more than a century....

Having justly earned her reputation as a master storyteller, Lee Smith's name evokes images of authentic country folk struggling through some of life's most arduous tests....

A collection of 14 tales - both new stories and previously published favorites - Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger is sure to delight listeners with its warm humor and unforgettable characters....

A young North Carolina girl's life is shattered by the Civil War. As she grows into a refined, educated woman, she remains haunted by tragedy....

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Devil's Dream is an animated, lyrical novel that is meant to be savored as spoken word. Consummate storyteller Lee Smith's creation will delight anyone who enjoys the sound of language and a good story....

Set deep in the rugged Appalachian Mountains, the Grundy of Lee Smith's youth was a place of coal miners, mountain music, and her daddy's dimestore....

In this sexy, funny, lyrical novel, four Southern women journey down the Mississippi and rediscover themselves.

Lee Smith, one of today's finest writers in the Southern literary tradition, has been compared to Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor....

A storyteller in the very best southern tradition, Lee Smith pens unexpected plots vibrant with luminous prose....

Lee Smith is one of today's most critically acclaimed authors writing about contemporary life in the South....

Lee Smith delivers the heartwarming tale of three generations of women who record their lives in Christmas letters to the family....

Lee Smith, author of the acclaimed The Last Girls, delights with a tale of dry wit....

Although it has its dark moments, this lyrical, compassionate novel strikes a nostalgic chord in everyone....

This national best seller is a breakthrough book for Lee Smith, an author who fills her marvelous novels with humor, pathos, and powerful wisdom....