Tony Earley’s Followers (91)

Tony Earley

Born

in San Antonio, Texas, The United States

January 01, 1961

edit data

Tony Earley (born 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. His stories are often set in North Carolina.

Earley studied English at Warren Wilson College and after graduation in 1983, he spent four years as a reporter in North Carolina, first as a general assignment reporter for The Thermal Belt News Journal in Columbus, and then as sports editor and feature writer at The Daily Courier in Forest City. Later he attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he received an MFA in creative writing. He quickly found success writing short stories, first with smaller literary magazines, then with Harper's, which published two of his stories: "Charlotte" in 1992 a ...more

Combine Editions
Tony Earley’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 7,509 ratings · 1,142 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Jim the Boy 3.84 avg rating — 3,393 ratings — published 2000 — 42 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
	The Blue Star (Jim Glass, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 1,081 ratings — published 2008 — 23 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
	Mr. Tall 3.75 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 2014 — 9 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
	Here We Are in Paradise: Stories 3.87 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1994 — 8 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
	Somehow Form a Family: Stories that Are Mostly True 3.84 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2001 — 11 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
	Aliceville liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Untitled Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	The Story Of Gettysburg In Pictures 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	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
	tzim, to mikro agori / τζιμ, το μικρό αγόρι 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Cellar Door Fall 2000 (University Magazine, Vol. 26, Number 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

More books by Tony Earley…

Series by Tony Earley

Jim Glass (2 books)
by

Tony Earley

3.86 avg rating — 4,474 ratings

Jim Glass (1 book)
by

Tony Earley

3.84 avg rating — 3,393 ratings

Quotes by Tony Earley (?)

“Writers do not write about a place because they belong there, but because they want to.”
― Tony Earley

9 likes

“I think about reading the poem to her, but some things are just too true to ever say out loud.”
― Tony Earley, Here We Are in Paradise: Stories

2 likes

“Where you going?” Whitey asked. “Nowhere,” said Jim. “Hang on a minute, then,” said Whitey. “I ain’t going nowhere, either.”
― Tony Earley, Jim the Boy

0 likes

See all Tony Earley's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Historical Fictio...: Top 5 Historical Fiction Books	74	647	Aug 20, 2010 08:55PM
Challenge: 50 Books: Marné's 50+ for 2011	4	12	Jan 12, 2011 10:49AM
Crazy Challenge C...: Clean Out Your Fridge!	174	217	Dec 25, 2013 10:57PM
WACKY READING CHA...: E AUTHORS	18	60	Jan 30, 2014 11:10AM
What's the Name o...: SOLVED. MG Historical Fiction Appalachians, Little Jim [s]	8	40	Aug 14, 2014 06:20PM
Nothing But Readi...: Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2014	644	1469	Jan 11, 2015 09:28AM
Crazy Challenge C...: Fall 2014 Seasonal SPELL Challenge - Oktoberfest	207	153	Jan 16, 2017 11:37AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Tony to Goodreads.

Tony Earley’s Followers (91)

Tony Earley

Combine EditionsTony Earley’s books

Series by Tony Earley

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Tony Earley’s books