1. Alice Randall was born on May 4,1959 and is an American author, songwriter, producer, and lecturer.
14 Facts About Alice Randall
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Alice Randall is best known for her contributions to country music, in addition to her novel and New York Times bestseller The Wind Done Gone, which is a reinterpretation and parody of the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind.
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Alice Randall was married until 1990 to Avon Nyanza Williams III, son of Avon N Williams and together they had a daughter, Caroline.
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Alice Randall is currently a writer-in-residence and Professor at Vanderbilt University.
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On her second night in Nashville in 1983, Alice Randall was discovered by Steve Earle at the Bluebird Cafe.
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Alice Randall's first novel The Wind Done Gone, is a reinterpretation and parody of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind.
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In 2006, Alice Randall wrote My Country Roots, alongside Carter and Courtney Little.
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Alice Randall published this non-fiction piece in Nashville, by Naked Ink.
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Alice Randall teaches courses including lectures on "Country Lyric in American Culture" and "Soul Food as Text and In Text".
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Alice Randall received the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Award in 2001 and the Literature Award of Excellence from the Memphis Black Writers Conference in 2002.
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Alice Randall was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2002.
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Alice Randall was accepted for a prestigious writing residency at the famed Yaddo artist's community from June 23,2011, to July 24,2011.
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Alice Randall was inducted into the Silver Circle in 2008, in honor of working in the country music industry for a quarter of a century.
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Alice Randall was inducted alongside 10 other nominees, notably Reba McEntire, whose video of the year she wrote in 1992.