Georgia born and Auburn University education, Anne Rivers Siddons is the author of more than a dozen bestselling novels. Her works include Sweetwater Creek; Islands;Nora, Nora; Hill Towns; Outer Banks; and Fault Lines and many more. She is also the author of a work of nonfiction, John Chancellor Makes Me Cry.
Many of her books take place in and around Atlanta, Georgia, or explore characters from the south that are living elsewhere.
Siddons and her husband, Heyward, spend their time in Charleston, South Carolina, and Brooklin, Maine.
NOVELS -
- Heartbreak Hotel (1976)
- The House Next Door (1978)
- Fox's Earth (1981)
- Homeplace (1987)
- Peachtree Road (1988)
- Kings Oak (1990)
- Outer Banks (1991)
- Colony (1992)
- Hill Towns (1993)
- Downtown (1994)
- Fault Lines (1995)
- Up Island (1997)
- Low Country (1998)
- Nora, Nora (2000)
- Islands (2004)
- Sweetwater Creek (2005)
- The House Next Door (2007)
- Off Season (2008)
- Burnt Mountain (7/2010)
READ-A-LIKES -
Rita Mae Brown - Brown's work has a similar tone to Siddons. She fills her books with Southern settings and the tough, vibrant, multi-generational women that live there. The characters face down social taboos and the risky politics of race. Try reading Venus Envy and Southern Discomfort
Lee Smith - Writing with an equally appealing Southern voice, many fans of Siddons enjoy the work of Lee Smith. She creates significant relationships that grow and change within her characters. Begin with The Last Girls or News of the Spirit.
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