Occupation Writer Nationality American | Name Watt Key Role Author | |
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Notable awards E.B. White Read-Aloud Award (2007) Spouse Katie Feore Key (1994-present) Nominations Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award People also search for Tim McCanlies, James Whittaker, Lee Faulkner, Kenny McLean Books Dirt Road Home, Alabama moon, Fourmile, Terror at Bottle Creek | ||
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Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an American fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received a 2006 Parents' Choice Award. Alabama Moon has been translated and published in eight languages as of 2012. In 2015 Alabama Moon was listed by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 young-adult books of all time.
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- Author watt key on harper lee s to kill a mockingbird
- alabama moon author watt key speaks on new film
- Personal life
- Awards and honors
- Novels
- Memoir essays
- Screenplays
- References
Alabama Moon was made into a 2009 feature film starring John Goodman.
alabama moon author watt key speaks on new film
Personal life
Watt Key received his BA from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. He subsequently earned an MBA from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. While working as a computer programmer, he began submitting novels to major publishers in New York City. When he was 34 years he sold his debut novel, Alabama Moon, to publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Watt currently lives with his wife and three children in Mobile, Alabama.
Awards and honors
Novels
Memoir, essays
