Selected WorksBooks
A World Made of Fire
Stella and Jacko, a witchy night of the soul V for Victor
Victor finds a monster in Mobile Bay, 1944 Tender
A boy (not Elvis) and his twin, and a magic guitar... Crazy in Alabama
Peejoe and Wiley, Uncle Dove, Aunt Lucille... Gone for Good
Superman isn't careful what he wishes for. One Mississippi
All about high school Movies
Crazy in Alabama
Sometimes you have to lose your mind to find your freedom. Billy and Jimmy
A movie project currently stuck in Development Hell Read to me, Mister!
Books for Kids
Two Joshua stories, one Bobbity story |
Bio Mark Childress was born in 1957 in Monroeville, Alabama and grew up in Ohio, Indiana, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. After graduation from the University of Alabama in 1978, Childress was a reporter for The Birmingham News, Features Editor of Southern Living magazine, and Regional Editor of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Childress is the author of six novels: "A World Made of Fire" (Knopf, 1984), "V For Victor" (Knopf, 1988) "Tender" (Harmony, 1990), "Crazy in Alabama" (Putnam, 1993), and "Gone for Good," (Knopf, 1988) and "One Mississippi," published in July 2006 by Little, Brown & Co. His articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Times of London, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday Review, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel and Leisure, and other national and international publications. "Tender," a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection, was named to several Ten Best of 1990 lists, and appeared on many national bestseller lists. "Crazy in Alabama," a featured selection of the Literary Guild, has been published in eleven languages and appeared on many bestseller lists and Ten Best of 1993 lists. Crazy was named The (London) Spectator’s “Book of the Year” for 1993 and a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year,” and was on the Spiegel bestseller list in Germany for 10 months. Childress has received the Thomas Wolfe Award, the University of Alabama’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Alabama Library Association’s Writer of the Year. He has also written three picture books for children, "Joshua and Bigtooth," in 1992, "Joshua and the Big Bad Blue Crabs," 1996 (both from Little, Brown), and "Henry Bobbity Is Missing And It Is All Billy Bobbity’s Fault," (Crane Hill Publishers, 1996). He wrote the screenplay of the Columbia Pictures film "Crazy in Alabama," directed by Antonio Banderas, and starring Melanie Griffith, an official selection of the Venice and San Sebastian film festivals in 1999. Childress is now working on a new novel and a film project. He lives all over the place, currently in New York City.  Joel was a very special member of our family.  Me in the first grade, J.E. Prass Elementary School, Kettering, Ohio  Graven In Stone: There I am on the Monroeville Writers Fountain alongside Harper Lee, Truman Capote, Cynthia Tucker, Marva Collins, and Hank Williams. Thanks to Alabama Southern Community College for this terrific honor, which also strikes me as a little bizarre. (Photos by Josh Childress.)  You can lead a horse to water!  Our friend Dude Cranford and my mom, Mary Helen, at the fountain ceremony. |
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