Lawrence Wells
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2024 Participant · Mississippi · Non-Fiction · Memoir
Lawrence Wells
Lawrence's "Ghostwriter" memoir tells of ghostwriting a novel about the "Fair Youth" of Shakespeare's sonnets. It was awarded the narrative non-fiction prize at the Words and Music Festival in New Orleans. His memoir "In Faulkner's Shadow," about his marriage to Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of author William Faulkner, was published by University Press of Mississippi in 2020. Wells is also the author of three historical novels,: Rommel and the Rebel, Let the Band Play Dixie (Doubleday & Co) and Fair Youth (Sanctuary Editions), a finalist for the 2024 Hawthorne Prize.
Book Title(s)
- Ghostwriter: Shakespeare, Literary Landmines, and An Eccentric Patron's Royal Obsession
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