Background
Neal, Gerald Dale was born on August 18, 1958 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Gerald Dale and Mary Jane (Eller) Neal.
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Neal, Gerald Dale was born on August 18, 1958 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Gerald Dale and Mary Jane (Eller) Neal.
Bachelor in English, Wake Forest U., 1980; Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Warren Wilson College, 1989.
Reporter, photographer, Davie County Enterprise/Record, Mocksville, North Carolina, 1980-1982; reporter, photographer, Clemmons (North Carolina) Courier, 1980-1982; associate editor, Clemmons (North Carolina) Courier, 1982-1984; reporter, Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen, 1984-1987; copy editor, Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen, 1987-1988; book editor, Asheville Citizen-Times, since 1988. Book reviewer Station WNCW-FM, Spindale, North Carolina, since 1990. Instructor Writers Workshop, Ashevile, since 1990.
Member National Book Critics Circle.
Married Cynthia Sneed Campbell, May 21, 1988.