Grandfather Mountain, Crossnore, Valle Crucis, Vilas, Boone

From a dramatic mountain visage to an outdoor drama seen by generations of North Carolinians, from the shadowy secrets of Valle Crucis to kaleidoscopes made from cotton mill bobbins, Grandfather Mountain, Crossnore, Valle Crucis, Vilas and Boone have been home to some of North Carolina’s most prolific and versatile authors.

Writers with a connection to this area: Joseph Bathanti, LeGette Blythe, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Robert Crutchfield, Grace DiSanto, Lynn Doyle, Kermit Hunter, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Charles Kuralt, Romulus Linney, John Muir, Scott Nicholson, Susan Weinberg, John Foster West, Anne Hall Whitt and Isabel Zuber.

North Carolina Arts Council Literary Fellows: Joseph Bathanti (Fiction Writer, 2010)

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