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  1. William Elbert Gay (October 27, 1941 – February 23, 2012) was an American novelist, and author of short stories and essays. Early life. Gay was born in Hohenwald, Tennessee. After high school, Gay joined the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam War.

  2. Mar 1, 2012 · Feb. 29, 2012. William Gay, a self-taught novelist from rural Tennessee who emerged from obscurity in his late 50s with critically praised books in the Southern Gothic style, died last Thursday...

  3. Written Works. William started writing in his early teens and continued until his death in 2012. He began to be published in his late fifties. Below are the works published during his lifetime and after. While we provide links to Amazon, we prefer you support your local booksellers.

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  4. Jul 11, 2022 · By Jeff Calder. July 11, 2022. The acclaimed Tennessee writer William Gay, who died in 2012, cut a figure as tough and scraggly as the world he describes, a homely place that seems barely...

  5. About the Archive. Following William's death, a small group of friends and admirers continues to prepare William's manuscripts for print. The goal of the Archive is to release this great writing to the world and provide as much of the proceeds as possible back to William's family.

  6. Sep 4, 2020 · All of them numbered.” I had a bookstore back in Fairhope, Alabama: Over the Transom Used and Rare Books. Tom had heard my story about selling one book for more than $6,000 to a collector. “Trust me,” he said, “you haven’t heard of William Gay but that’s about to change when his first novel comes out in November.

  7. Jan 1, 2001 · William Gay. 4.04. 2,561 ratings299 reviews. In a literary voice that is both original and powerfully unsettling, William Gay tells the story of Nathan Winer, a young and headstrong Tennessee carpenter who lost his father years ago to a human evil that is greater and closer at hand than any the boy can imagine - until he learns of it first-hand.

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