Allan Gurganus

Biography

Allan Gurganus’s newest work of fiction is Local Souls (Liveright, 2013). Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Gurganus is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His other books are The Practical Heart (2001), Plays Well With Others (1997), White People (1990), and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1989), all from Knopf. He lives in his native North Carolina.

See Work

AUDIO / Fall 2013

Listen to Allan Gurganus Read “The Deluxe $19.95 Walking Tour”

By Allan Gurganus

Listen to Allan Gurganus read his story in the Fall 2013 issue of VQR.

FICTION / Fall 2013

The Deluxe $19.95 Walking Tour of Historic Falls (NC)— Light-Lunch Inclusive—

By Allan Gurganus

I  do dearly despise being late, but here I am, three minutes behind my time. Uncharacteristic and a mighty poor example for you youngsters. Patience is much appreciated and aren’t you a lovely, varied crowd? Big group, too, for my first...