Mark Childress
Mark Childress ( born in 1957 in Monroeville, Alabama) is an American writer.
Life
He grew up in the Midwest and in the southern United States. After graduating from the University of Alabama in 1978, he worked for several newspapers in the southern United States as a reporter.
Childress published five previous novels, his most successful book, Crazy in Alabama, was ten months on the bestseller list of the mirror. Mark Childress is considered one of the most important new writers of the southern states and is sometimes compared with Harper Lee. He currently lives in New York and New Orleans
Works
- Heartbreak Hotel. Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-42308-2.
- Crazy in Alabama. Goldmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-30471-7.
- World of fire. Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-42310-4.
- The Bruchpilot. Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-30770-8.
- Great adventure. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-42309-0.
- Burned down in Mississippi. Goldmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-442-30114-0.
- Have you heard about Georgia? , Roman. Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-31215-3.
Films
- Crazy in Alabama, in 1999, under the direction of Antonio Banderas with Melanie Griffith, David Morse and Lucas Black