Sharyn McCrumb was born on February 26,1948 and is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia.
10 Facts About Sharyn McCrumb
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Sharyn McCrumb was born Sharyn Elaine Arwood on February 26,1948, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Sharyn McCrumb is a Southern writer, perhaps best known for her Appalachian "Ballad" novels, including the New York Times best sellers The Ballad of Frankie Silver and She Walks These Hills, and for St Dale, winner of a Library of Virginia Award and featured at the National Festival of the Book.
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In 2008 Sharyn McCrumb was named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature.
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Sharyn McCrumb's novels, studied in universities throughout the world, have been translated into eleven languages, including French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, and Italian.
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Sharyn McCrumb has lectured on her work at Oxford University, the University of Bonn-Germany, and at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Sharyn McCrumb has taught a writers workshop in Paris and served as writer-in-residence at King College in Tennessee and at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York.
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In 2008 Sharyn McCrumb was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her career.
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Sharyn McCrumb is the author of The Ballad Novels, a series set in the Appalachian Mountains.
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Sharyn McCrumb is the author of the Elizabeth MacPherson mystery series, though her career has evolved beyond genre fiction.