John M WilliamsJohn M. Williams was named Georgia Author of the Year in 2003 for his novel Lake Moon, and has published a variety of stories, essays, and reviews through the years. His most recent books are Monroeville and the Stage Production of "To Kill a Mockingird," Atlanta Pop in the 50s, 60s, and 70s: The Magic of Bill Lowery, co-authored with Andy Lee White, and Village People: Sketches of Auburn.Williams retired from full-time teaching (LaGrange College) in 2015, and currently works as a mentor in the Reinhardt University Creative Writing MFA program. His and co-author Rheta Grimsley Johnson's play Hiram: Becoming Hank, about the formative years of singer Hank Williams, enjoyed a successful run at the Monroeville, Alabama courthouse, opposite To Kill a Mockingbird, in April 2021. Songwriter Ken Clark and Williams have had several local productions of their three rock'n'roll comedies. He has published a variety of stories, essays, and reviews through the years, and has had several stories/novellas included in anthologies, most recently, in July 2020, "In the Beginning was Kitto" in the Australian anthology One Surviving Story. He divides his time between LaGrange, Georgia, and his family's cabin on Lake Martin in Alabama. Read More Read Less