Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor was one of the most important American fiction writers of the twentieth century. Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925, she is known for her Southern Gothic style, darkly comic storytelling, and deeply Catholic vision. Her novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, along with her short story collections, are considered masterpieces of American literature. Good Things Out of Nazareth is a posthumous collection of her letters, edited by Benjamin Alexander, revealing her friendships and intellectual life. The audiobook gives listeners access to the private thoughts of one of America's greatest literary minds. O'Connor died of lupus in 1964 at the age of thirty-nine.