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Wayne Caldwell

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Occupation
  
novelist

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Wayne Caldwell

Nationality
  
American


Wayne Caldwell

Genre
  
Fiction, Historical Fiction

Education
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Books
  
Requiem by Fire: A Novel, Cataloochee

Notable works
  
Cataloochee: A Novel

Wayne Caldwell (born June 1, 1948) is an American novelist.

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Biography

Wayne Caldwell was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, which is the setting for much of his fictional work.

Caldwell attended the University of North Carolina as an undergraduate, Appalachian State University for his Master's program, and in 1973 he earned a Ph.D. in English Literature at Duke University.

After teaching English at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina and Union College in Schenectady, New York, Caldwell returned to Asheville.

He began writing works of fiction in the late 1990s.

Awards

  • First Prize Carolina Alumni Review Fiction Contest for The Pact
  • First Prize 2001 Appalachian Fiction Competition for The Burning Tree
  • References

    Wayne Caldwell Wikipedia


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