Description: Behind-the-scenes, fascinating encounters from Mississippi's talented, adventurous literary power couple
Brief description: Dean Faulkner Wells (1936-2011), niece and ward of William Faulkner and the daughter of Dean Swift Faulkner, William's youngest brother, was educated at the University of Mississippi and University of Geneva, Switzerland. Her first book was The Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner's Ghost Stories for Children. Wells edited The New Great American Writers' Cookbook and The Best of Bad Faulkner and authored an autobiography, Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi. Her articles have been published in The Paris Review, Parade, Ladies' Home Journal, Southern Living, and other magazines.
Review Quotes: Dean and Larry come across as pleasant, knowledgeable guides, always game for adventure, whose quiet confidence and ease with people bring their stories to life. With the passage of time, each article has become a snapshot from the album of their lives.--Tina Chambers "The Commercial Appeal"