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Robert Gwaltney

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Born

in Heerlen, Netherlands

Website

https://robertlgwaltney.com/

Genre

Fiction, Southern Fiction, Magical Realism

Influences

Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Ron Rash, Pat Conroy

Member Since

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Robert Gwaltney, award winning author of southern fiction, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia with his partner, where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert’s work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Robert also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. His debut novel, The Cicada Tree, won the Somerset Award for literary fiction.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 1,360 ratings · 294 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cicada Tree 4.06 avg rating — 1,309 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology by Julie E. Bloemeke (Editor), Dustin Brookshire (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L.J. Sysko (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 36 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sing Down the Moon 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Wonder why the Lord doesn’t do something about it?” “About what?” “Men and the mess they done made.”
― Robert Gwaltney, The Cicada Tree

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“Because the sweet Lord above has to be a woman to put up with all the mess men folk done made down here on this here earth.”
― Robert Gwaltney, The Cicada Tree

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“Emotion is universal. Love, hate, and jealousy. They are all the same in any language.”
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