Wiley Cash
American novelist from North Carolina whose debut A Land More Kind Than Home is a dark, lyrical novel of Appalachian life and religious extremism. His fiction explores the collision of tradition and violence in the American South. He is an important voice in contemporary Southern fiction.
Works
- A Land More Kind Than HomeAppalachian novel examining faith, poverty, and violence in a Southern community
- This Dark Road to MercyCrime narrative spanning perspectives of abducted children and their unpredictable kidnapper
- The Last BalladHistorical novel based on true story of Ella May Wiggins and textile labor movement struggles
- When Ghosts Come HomeSouthern Gothic examining secrets and violence when exiled family member returns home
- The CaretakersIntergenerational novel about fractured family bound by caretaking duties and past trauma