Gerry Wilson

Fiction Writer

Jackson, MS

Mississippi US

Email:

gwilson41@gmail.com

Website:

gerrygwilson.com

Twitter/X:

@gerrywil

Author's Bio

A seventh generation Mississippian, Gerry Wilson grew up in Pontotoc, a little town nestled in the red clay hills of North Mississippi, thirty miles from William Faulkner’s Oxford and far from just about everywhere else. THAT PINSON GIRL, a lyrical/historical novel set in rural Mississippi during World War I, is forthcoming from Regal House Publishing on February 6, 2024. Gerry also writes and publishes short fiction; her latest, "Life Line," appears in december magazine's Spring 2023 edition.

Writers Retreats:

Hambidge Creative Residency Program

Ragdale

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:

Prime Number Magazine, Editors Selections Vol. 2 (Press 53, 2012)

Books:

That Pinson Girl (Regal House Publishing, 2024)

Crosscurrents and Other Stories (Press 53, 2015)

Journals:

Blue Crow Magazine

december

Good Housekeeping

Halfway Down the Stairs

Night Train

Prime Number Magazine

Prizes won:

Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, 2015. Crosscurrents nominated for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, 2016.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Indigo Field by Marjorie Hudson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Tupelo, MS

Mississippi

Raised in:

Pontotoc, MS

Mississippi

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Last update: Jun 02, 2023