Fannie Flagg


Born
in Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
September 21, 1944

Website

Genre


Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which was produced by Universal Pictures as "Fried Green Tomatoes"), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, and A Redbird Christmas.

Flagg’s film script for "Fried Green Tomatoes" was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripters Award. She lives in California and Alabama.
...more

Average rating: 4.13 · 591,451 ratings · 43,398 reviews · 55 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fried Green Tomatoes at the...

4.27 avg rating — 332,604 ratings — published 1987 — 173 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The All-Girl Filling Statio...

4.04 avg rating — 58,174 ratings — published 2013 — 42 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
A Redbird Christmas

3.96 avg rating — 35,357 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Welcome to the World, Baby ...

3.92 avg rating — 28,639 ratings — published 1998 — 51 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

4.11 avg rating — 21,103 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Whole Town's Talking (E...

3.68 avg rating — 23,495 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven...

3.95 avg rating — 21,573 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
I Still Dream About You

3.65 avg rating — 22,863 ratings — published 2010 — 50 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Standing in the Rainbow (El...

4.07 avg rating — 19,185 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

3.97 avg rating — 16,984 ratings — published 1981 — 53 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Fannie Flagg…
Fried Green Tomatoes at the... The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
(2 books)
by
4.26 avg rating — 353,674 ratings

Welcome to the World, Baby ... Standing in the Rainbow Can't Wait to Get to Heaven The Whole Town's Talking
(4 books)
by
3.90 avg rating — 92,875 ratings

Related News

Celebrate fearless women in these picks from the comic writer whose new Southern romp is The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion.
26 likes · 32 comments
The spunky Southern belle who served up Fried Green Tomatoes returns with I Still Dream About You, a homespun tale about a 60-year-old former Miss...
38 likes · 13 comments
Quotes by Fannie Flagg  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Polls

WHO IS THE MOST *INSPIRING* FEMALE AUTHOR?

JK Rowling (write-in)
 
  124 votes, 17.8%

 
  95 votes, 13.7%

 
  75 votes, 10.8%

 
  27 votes, 3.9%

 
  26 votes, 3.7%

Veronica Roth!!!!! (write-in)
 
  23 votes, 3.3%

Virginia Woolf (write-in)
 
  21 votes, 3.0%

Margaret Atwood (write-in)
 
  18 votes, 2.6%

Charlotte Bronte (write-in)
 
  18 votes, 2.6%

J.K Rowling (write-in)
 
  16 votes, 2.3%

Tamora Pierce (write-in)
 
  13 votes, 1.9%

sylvia plath (write-in)
 
  13 votes, 1.9%

Ursula K. Le Guin (write-in)
 
  12 votes, 1.7%

Suzanne Collins (write-in)
 
  12 votes, 1.7%

Jane Austen (write-in)
 
  12 votes, 1.7%

 
  11 votes, 1.6%

Sarah Dessen (write-in)
 
  11 votes, 1.6%

 
  10 votes, 1.4%

Corrie Ten Boom
 
  10 votes, 1.4%

Maya Angelou (write-in)
 
  10 votes, 1.4%

 
  9 votes, 1.3%

 
  8 votes, 1.2%

Sarah Dessen, JK Rowling, Stephenie Meyer (write-in)
 
  8 votes, 1.2%

flannery o'connor (write-in)
 
  8 votes, 1.2%

Richelle Mead (write-in)
 
  8 votes, 1.2%

 
  6 votes, 0.9%

anne rice (write-in)
 
  6 votes, 0.9%

Stephenie Meyer
 
  6 votes, 0.9%

J.K Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Ally Carter, Harper Lee, Veronica Roth, Marissa Meyer, Jo Knowles (write-in)
 
  5 votes, 0.7%

 
  4 votes, 0.6%

emily dickinson (write-in)
 
  4 votes, 0.6%

Gail Simone (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Willa Cather (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

doris lessing (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Anne Bronte (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Ellen Lee DeGeneres (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Isabel Allende (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Julie Kagawa (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 0.4%

Ann M. Martin and Madeleine L'Engle (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Norah Lofts
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Karin Slaughter (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Sarah Addison Allen (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Jenny Moss (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

jodi picoult (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Harper Lee, J.K Rowling, Ally Carter, Veronica Roth, Marissa Meyer, Jo Knowles (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Robin Hobb
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

bell hooks (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

E. L. James (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

J.K Rowling, Jane Austen, and Harper Lee (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 0.3%

Jenny Moss - great historical fiction books. (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Marlena Marchetta (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Kim Harrison (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Kat Zhang (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Sophie Mckenzie
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Elisabeth Elliot (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Donna Tartt (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Scarlett Thomas (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

fiona walker (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

(In Order) Ally Carter, Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Lisa See (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

marie lu (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

J.K. Rowling, Maya Angelou, Alane Ferguson (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Enid Blyton (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Eleanor Roosevelt (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Leigh Bardugo (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

JK Rowling, Jane Austen and Enid Blyton (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Jane Austen, Marie Lu, J K Rowling, Emily Lockhart, Sarah Dessen, Laini Taylor, Agatha Christie, Maya Angeloue, Charlotte Bronte, Ally Carter, Suzanne Collins, Anne Bronte (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Lesley Pearse (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Susan Wiitert Albert (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Alice Hoffman (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Mari Mancusi, Gail Carson Levine, Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Kiera Cass (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

Toni Morrison (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 0.1%

John (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Sarah e (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ally Carter!!!!!!! (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Marie Lu (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Lucy Maud Montgomery
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Barbara W. Tuchman
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Queereaders: This topic has been closed to new comments. * List of group reads 1 1640 Oct 30, 2009 05:04PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Fannie to Goodreads.