Shirley Ann Grau





Shirley Ann Grau

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in New Orleans, The United States
July 08, 1929

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Shirley Ann Grau (b. 1929) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of nine novels and short story collections, whose work is set primarily in her native South. Grau was raised in Alabama and Louisiana, and many of her novels document the broad social changes of the Deep South during the twentieth century, particularly as they affected African Americans. Grau’s first novel, The Hard Blue Sky (1958), about the descendants of European pioneers living on an island off the coast of Louisiana, established her as a master of vivid description, both for characters and locale, a style she maintained throughout her career. Her public profile rose during the civil rights movement, when her dynastic novel Keepers of the House (1964), which dealt with race...more


Average rating: 3.84 · 1,504 ratings · 168 reviews · 19 distinct works · Similar authors
The Keepers of the House
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,141 ratings — published 1964 — 14 editions
The House on Coliseum Street
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions
The Condor Passes
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions
Roadwalkers
3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
The Hard Blue Sky
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Nine Women
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions
Selected Stories
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
The Black Prince and Other ...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions
Evidence Of Love
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings2 editions
The Wind Shifting West
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1973
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