Description: Eudora Welty is a beloved institution of southern fiction and American literature, whose life and work have captured an unusually reverential following. As one reviewer put it, "You can barely make her out beneath the halo hanging over her head. This wouldn't be a problem if it didn't simplify and obscure the complexity of her achievement. All the more reason, then, to enjoy seeing that image ruffled and the work's origins investigated in Ann Waldron's biography" (San Francisco Chronicle). A significant contribution to the world of letters, Ann Waldron's Eudora is a chronicle of the life and achievements of one of our greatest living authors -- from a Mississippi childhood to the sale of her first short story, from her literary friendships with Katherine Ann Porter and Elizabeth Bowen to her rivalry with Carson McCullers. Elegant and authoritative, this first biography to chart the life of a national treasure is a must-have for Welty fans and scholars everywhere.

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