Sharyn McCrumb explained

Sharyn McCrumb
Birth Name:Sharyn Elaine Arwood
Birth Date:26 February 1948
Birth Place:Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
Education:Master's degree
Alma Mater:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Virginia Tech
Notableworks:Ballad series
Elizabeth MacPherson series
Awards:See list

Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948)[1] is an American writer best known for books that celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series.

Early life

Sharyn McCrumb was born Sharyn Elaine Arwood on February 26, 1948, in Wilmington, North Carolina.[2]

Career

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. The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (2010) deals with the regional stereotyping of rural areas by national journalists. The Ballad of Tom Dooley (2011) tells the true story behind the celebrated folk song. In 2008 McCrumb was named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature.

Educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master's degree in English from Virginia Tech, McCrumb was the first writer-in-residence at King College in Tennessee. In 2005 she was honored as the Writer of the Year at Emory & Henry College.

Her novels, studied in universities throughout the world, have been translated into eleven languages, including French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, and Italian. She has lectured on her work at Oxford University, the University of Bonn-Germany, and at the Smithsonian Institution. McCrumb has also 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.[3]

In 2008 McCrumb was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History" for her career.[4]

Novels

McCrumb is the author of The Ballad Novels, a series set in the Appalachian Mountains. These books weave together the legends, geography and contemporary issues of Appalachia, and each centers on an event from North Carolina history.[5] [6] She is also the author of the Elizabeth MacPherson mystery series, though her career has evolved beyond genre fiction.[7]

Ballad series

St. Dale novels

In 2005, NASCAR racing fan McCrumb wrote St. Dale.[8] Her inspiration for the novel came from her study of medieval literature at Virginia Tech and her desire to update Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It was Dale Earnhardt who became the saint of her tale, complete with the Dale Earnhardt Pilgrimage of fans.[9]

Elizabeth MacPherson novels

Jay Omega novels

These are satirical novels set in the world of science fiction conventions and fandom.

Short story collections

Awards

Winners are in bold

Awarding bodyYearAward issuedWork
National Daughters of the American Revolution[10] 2017Woman of the Arts Award
West Virginia Library Association[11] 2017Literary Merit Award
Clarksville Arts and Heritage Development Council[12] 2015Patricia Winn Award for Southern FictionKing's Mountain
Chowan University[13] 2014Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature
Library of Virginia[14] [15] 2008Virginia Woman in History Award
2006People's Choice Award for FictionSt. Dale
Appalachian Writers Association[16] [17] [18] [19] 2006Book of the YearSt. Dale
2005Best NovelSt. Dale
1992Best NovelThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
1985Best NovelLovely in Her Bones
Audio Publishers Association[20] 2004Best Recorded BookGhost Riders
East Tennessee State University2003Wilma Dykeman Award for LiteratureGhost Riders
Flora MacDonald Award[21] 1999Achievement in the Arts by a Woman of Scots Heritage
Shepard University and the WV Heritage Council[22] 1999Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award
Berea College[23] 1998Plattner Award for Best Appalachian Short StoryFoggy Mountain Breakdown
Morehead State University[24] 1998Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing
Appalachian Writers Association1997Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature
Agatha Award[25] 1995Best NovelIf I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
1994Best NovelShe Walks These Hills
1992Best NovelThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Best Short-story"Happiness is a Dead Poet"
1989Best Short-story"A Wee Doch and Doris"
1988Best NovelPaying the Piper
Anthony Award[26] 1995Best NovelShe Walks These Hills
Best Short-story"The Monster of Glamis"
1991Best NovelIf Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
Best Short-story"The Luncheon"
"Remains to be Seen"
1990Best Short-story"A Wee Doch and Doris"
1989Best Paperback OriginalPaying the Piper
1988Best Paperback OriginalBimbos of the Death Sun
Edgar Award[27] 1988Best Paperback OriginalBimbos of the Death Sun
Sherwood Anderson Short Story Award[28] 1984Best Short Story"Precious Jewel"
Macavity Award[29] 1995Best NovelShe Walks These Hills
1991Best NovelIf Ever I Return Pretty Peggy-O
Nero Award[30] 1995Best NovelShe Walks These Hills

External links

Notes and References

  1. "Sharyn McCrumb." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Biography In Context. Web. May 13, 2011.
  2. Web site: Q&A: Sharyn McCrumb. Williams. Wilda. November 15, 2004. Library Journal. October 14, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120901203652/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA479160.html. September 1, 2012. mdy-all.
  3. Critical Study of Sharyn McCrumb's Novels. Holloway, Kimberly, ed. From a Race of Story Tellers: Critical Essays on The Ballad Novels of Sharyn McCrumb. Atlanta: Mercer University Press, 2003.
  4. Web site: Virginia Women in History: Sharyn McCrumb (1948-). Library of Virginia. 4 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Sharyn McCrumb . Southernscribe.com . January 30, 2012.
  6. Web site: Sharyn McCrumb | Authors | Macmillan . Us.macmillan.com . December 4, 2009 . January 30, 2012.
  7. Book: Great women mystery writers. Blakesley, Elizabeth. 2007. Greenwood Press. 9780313334283. 2nd. Westport, Conn.. 191847059.
  8. Web site: Sharyn McCrumb. https://archive.today/20120805102123/http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/bookfest/author/Sharyn_McCrumb?PHPSESSID=b4e638d93a5b54d52a72eb07653da123. dead. August 5, 2012. Library of Congress. May 15, 2011.
  9. News: Sharyn McCrumb gives the 3rd degree to NASCAR. January 30, 2005. May 15, 2011. The Roanoke Times. dead. https://archive.today/20120909063432/http://www.roanoke.com/extra%5C17709.html. September 9, 2012. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: Annual Virginia DAR Meeting New Castle Record. newcastlerecord.com. July 25, 2017 . en. 2017-11-29.
  11. Web site: West Virginia Library Association. facebook.com. en. 2017-11-29.
  12. News: New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb to receive Patricia Winn Award for Southern Fiction at Clarksville Writers Conference banquet June 4th - Clarksville, TN Online. 2015-05-22. Clarksville, TN Online. 2017-11-29. en-US.
  13. Web site: Hobson Lecture & Prize. Chowan.edu. en. 2017-11-29. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905073250/https://www.chowan.edu/academics/academic-programs/hobson-lecture-prize. dead.
  14. Web site: Finalists and Winners of the Library of Virginia Annual Literary Awards. lva.virginia.gov. en. 2017-11-29.
  15. Web site: Virginia Women in History 2008 Honoree Information. lva.virginia.gov. June 30, 2016 . en. 2017-11-29.
  16. 2014-01-08. News of the Appalachian Literary Arts. Appalachian Heritage. 34. 4. 7. 10.1353/aph.2006.0122. 1940-5081.
  17. Web site: Spring Conference 2009 (Greensboro). Fiore. Charles. ncwriters.org. 2017-11-28.
  18. Web site: Virginia Women in History 2008 Honoree Information. lva.virginia.gov. June 30, 2016 . en. 2017-11-28.
  19. Web site: King University: Bestselling Author Sharyn McCrumb to Speak Oct. 7 at King University During QEP Week. king.edu. en. 2017-11-29.
  20. Web site: 2004 Audie Awards® - APA. audiopub.org. en-US. 2017-11-29. August 21, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220821025106/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2004-audies. dead.
  21. Book: The rose & the briar : death, love and liberty in the American ballad. 2005. W.W. Norton. Wilentz, Sean., Marcus, Greil.. 9780393059540. 1st. New York. 55744543.
  22. Spring 2005. The Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award. Appalink. 28. 2. 3. Marshall Digital Scholar.
  23. Miller. Danny. 2014-01-08. The 1997 Denny C. Plattner Appalachian Heritage Awards. Appalachian Heritage. 26. 1. 5. 10.1353/aph.1998.0040. 150775389. 1940-5081.
  24. Web site: Morehead State University :: Chaffin Award. moreheadstate.edu. en. 2017-11-28.
  25. Web site: Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD . Malicedomestic.org . August 23, 1988 . March 14, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412020049/http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards_past.html . April 12, 2010 . mdy-all .
  26. Web site: Bouchercon World Mystery Convention : Anthony Awards Nominees . Bouchercon.info . October 2, 2003 . March 14, 2012 . February 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207060829/http://www.bouchercon.info/nominees.html . dead .
  27. Web site: Best Paperback Original Mystery Novel Edgar Award Winners and Nominees - Complete Lists . Mysterynet.com . March 14, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121220075006/http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/original/ . December 20, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  28. Book: Stories From Sherwood Anderson Country; Contest Winners 1976-1986. 1987. Sherwood Anderson Association. Modlin. Charles E.. First. en. Campbell. Hilbert H..
  29. Web site: Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards . Mysteryreaders.org . March 14, 2012.
  30. Web site: Wolfe Pack Nero Award Recipients chronologically . Nerowolfe.org . December 12, 2011 . March 14, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514203832/http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/neroaward/awardees_chron.htm . May 14, 2013 . mdy-all .

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