H. R. Williams (born in

Marianna, Arkansas Marianna is a town in and the county seat of Lee County, Arkansas, Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 4,115, but by 2018 the population had dropped to an estimated 3,477. Lo ...

), is an

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. Harold Ray Williams grew up near

Crowley's Ridge Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas. It is the most prom ...

, a line of hills running north to south along the eastern side of Arkansas, which features in his

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and in much of his

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and

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. He now lives and writes in

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, itself close to the Ridge. Williams, who began writing novels in 2007, is active in

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and

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. Husband to Nora Lee, he is the father of four children, and the grandfather of six.

Published works

Books

*''Harris: The Return of the Gunfighter'' (Treble Heart Books, 2007) *''The Whiskey Killing'' (Five Star/Thomson Gale, 2008) *''Crowley's Ridge: Collected Stories of H. R. Williams'' (Treble Heart Books, 2011)

Short stories

*"Shaker Mose", Aim Magazine *"Glenda", True Confessions *"Golden", Dog Fancy and The Cynic Online Magazine in 2008 *"The Children's Orchard", Night Terrors Publications and The Cynic Online Magazine in 2009 *"I Can't Get It Out Of My Head"m Madison Publishing Company *"People Change", Monsters From Memphis - An Anthology *"There's a Basement in the Arcade", Southern Voices - Radio Recordings and The Cynic Online Magazine in 2009 *"The Last Day of February", Woman's World Magazine *"Abigail and the Horse", Woman's World Magazine *"Black -Eyed Peas", Woman's World Magazine *"Farewell Tennessee", Bibliophile Publishing Company *"The Visitor", Grain Literary Magazine and The Cynic Online Magazine in 2010 *"The Ridge and the Town", The Iconoclast

Essays

*"Running Traps On Hornor's Nook", Memphis Magazine *"The Hunter", Safari Magazine *"Supper For the Dead", Montcalm Publications *"The Trot Line", Montcalm Publications *"Shanging", Montcalm Publications *"The Tom", Montcalm Publications *"Jump", Montcalm Publications *"Jugging With Bubba", Montcalm Publications *"The Dangerous Relative", Montcalm Publications *"Bushytails", The American Hunter *"Across the Levee", The American Hunter

Awards

*First Prize – National League of American PEN Women – The Whiskey Killing *First Prize – Mid-South Writer's Association – The Children's Orchard *First Prize – Mid-South Writer's Association – Paddy's Peaches

References

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