* 16.1.1920, Middlesboro, Ky., USA.

Opleiding: 8.A., Berea Coll., 1947; Columbia Univ., Stanford Univ., Univ. of Kan., Univ. of Tenn.; M.A., Univ. of lowa, 1950; M.S. in Lib. Sci., Univ. of Ky., 1957. Contbr., fiction & criticism, num. mags. inclng. Vale Review, Southwest Review, Tomorrow, Philippine Free Press; Short stories in annuals & anthols.; Ed., The High Cost of Writing, by Rebecca Caudill; Ed. Bd., Western Review; Advsry. & Contbng. Ed., Appalachian Heritage; Hons: Winner, net. short story contest, Tomorrow mag. & Creetive Age Press, 1947; Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship, Stanford Univ., 1947-48; Stories listed in Honor Rolls of "The Best American Short Stories" (ed., M. Foley).