Ron Rash
Ron Rash is an American poet and novelist from the Appalachian South whose crime novel Serena was a major critical success, depicting a ruthless female villain in Depression-era North Carolina. His One Foot in Eden and his short stories draw on the crime and horror tradition in a deeply literary way. He is considered one of the finest writers of Appalachian fiction.
Works
- SerenaWoman's ruthless domination of a North Carolina logging empire through ambition and will
- The World Made StraightRural outlaw's path from conviction to destruction in Appalachian drug trade
- One Foot in EdenFamily secrets and ecological disaster unfold in rural Appalachian Tennessee setting
- Saints at the RiverRiver dam conflict forces community to choose between environment and economy
- Chemistry and Other StoriesCollection of Appalachian stories exploring love, grief, and ordinary transformations
- Above the WaterfallFemale park ranger and male sheriff navigate mystery and attraction in wilderness
- The RisenMan's resurrection and redemption through unexpected love in Appalachian landscape
- The CoveIsolated woman's transformation through mysterious stranger and mountain community
- In the ValleyHistorical novel of Civil War family divided by loyalty and regional division