Shelby Hearon

About

A twentieth-century American novelist, she is best known for such works as Armadillo in the Grass and Owning Jolene. The latter work won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award.

Before Fame

She studied at the University of Texas at Austin. She began writing her debut novel, Armadillo in the Grass, in 1962.

Trivia

She was awarded an Ingram Merrill Foundation fiction fellowship.

Family Life

She was born and raised in Kentucky.

Associated With

She and Kim Addonizio were both Guggenheim Fellowship recipients.