Percival Everett
The Washington Post has called Percival Everett "one of the most adventurously experimental of modern American novelists." To date, he has written 33 books, including 22 novels (with one forthcoming), 6 volumes of poetry, 4 short story collections, and 1 children's book. Some critics have called Everett's fiction "genre-ambidextrous" because of its sheer variety in both subject matter and form, including his retelling of Greek myth (For her Dark Skin, 1990), his exploring the limits of absurdist narrative (American Desert, 2004), his highly acclaimed foray into metafiction (Erasure, 2001), and his reinventing the Western (God's Country, 1994 and Wounded, 2005).
Everett grew up in Columbia, but for years, he has made California his home. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at the "Other USC," the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Everett was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 2011.
Everett grew up in Columbia, but for years, he has made California his home. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at the "Other USC," the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Everett was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 2011.
