William P. Baldwin
William P. Baldwin, a lifelong resident of the South Carolina lowcountry, has been a builder, shrimper, oysterman, teacher, historian, poet, biographer, and novelist.
He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently The Unpainted South: Carolina's Vanishing World―a collection of songs, photographs, and poems―and the novel Charles Town. His best-known novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy, was awarded the Lillian Smith Book Award.
He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently The Unpainted South: Carolina's Vanishing World―a collection of songs, photographs, and poems―and the novel Charles Town. His best-known novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy, was awarded the Lillian Smith Book Award.
