Background
Tim McLaurin was born on the 14th of December, 1953 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States; the son of Reese Alexander and Rowena Darlene McLaurin.
1986
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Tim McLaurin graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1986.
1986
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Tim McLaurin graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1986.
(Open The Acorn Plan and listen to its sad, comic chorus o...)
Open The Acorn Plan and listen to its sad, comic chorus of Southern voices, and to the story of Billy Riley, a brooding, reckless young man struggling to resolve the competing claims of love, loyalty, and ambition.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039330616X/?tag=2022091-20
1988
(The sleepy Southern town of Oak Hills, gradually transfor...)
The sleepy Southern town of Oak Hills, gradually transformed by the influx of new, younger residents, becomes the scene of a funny, tragic battle when long-time resident Woodrow Bunce refuses to conform to the town's new ordinances.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393027015/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(Recounting his journey toward recovery from bone marrow c...)
Recounting his journey toward recovery from bone marrow cancer, the author describes his childhood in the South and his experiences with cancer treatment.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878086685/?tag=2022091-20
1991
(Two men on opposite ends of the social scale are united a...)
Two men on opposite ends of the social scale are united among the homeless in Seattle after losing what they hold most dear and find support and redemption in each other, a journey through America, and their own hearts.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399140034/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(A cast of colorful characters, including a snake handler ...)
A cast of colorful characters, including a snake handler and a dancer, is brought together by a wealthy Southern woman and travels about doing their show, encountering various prejudices that cause them to take a closer look not only at others but at themselves as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399142800/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(When John Wesley Stewert dies, his three children and far...)
When John Wesley Stewert dies, his three children and farm hand reflect on his death and how their lives will change as they take over his three hundred acres of farmland.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878086626/?tag=2022091-20
1997
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1878086855/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(Junuh is a young, black oncologist from the Low Country o...)
Junuh is a young, black oncologist from the Low Country of South Carolina, where his parents were lost in Hurricane Hugo. Ruth is a bisexual, New Age healer. Reese beat alcoholism and drug addiction to become a fundamentalist street preacher. On the island, this unlikely trio encounters a bearded, autistic hermit who calls himself Son and seeks to lure them to a place he calls Paradise. In the face of the storm, the three come to terms with themselves, one another, natural forces, life, death, and spirituality.
https://www.amazon.com/Another-Son-Man-Tim-McLaurin/dp/1878086960
2004
Tim McLaurin was born on the 14th of December, 1953 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States; the son of Reese Alexander and Rowena Darlene McLaurin.
As a child, Tim McLaurin studied at Cape Fear Regional High School where he was a forward on the varsity basketball team. He then graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1986.
Tim McLaurin worked various jobs, including carnival snake handler, truck driver, and construction worker. During Tim McLaurin’s two-year tour with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1972 to 1974, he served in Panama, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, then later spent a year in Tunisia with the Peace Corps in 1982-83.
Once he started to publish his writing, he went on to teach as an instructor at the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and North Carolina State University where he was a professor of creative writing from 1991 to 2002.
McLaurin wrote the first draft of his first novel “The Acorn Plan” in 1988 while living in Tunisia, “Woodrow's Trumpet” in 1989, “Keeper of the Moon: A Southern Boyhood” in 1991, “Cured by Fire” in 1995, “Lola” in 1997, “The Last Great Snake Show” in 1997, “The River Less Run” in 2000. “Another Son of Man” McLaurin's final novel, was completed just days before his death in July of 2002.
Tim McLaurin left behind an impressive body of work including the novels The Acorn Plan, Woodrow's Trumpet, Cured by Fire and The Last Great Snake Show, the narrative poem Lola, and the memoirs Keeper of the Moon: A Southern Boyhood and The River Less Run. Cured by Fire won the 1995 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for fiction.
(A cast of colorful characters, including a snake handler ...)
1997(The sleepy Southern town of Oak Hills, gradually transfor...)
1989(Two men on opposite ends of the social scale are united a...)
1995(Open The Acorn Plan and listen to its sad, comic chorus o...)
1988(When John Wesley Stewert dies, his three children and far...)
1997(Recounting his journey toward recovery from bone marrow c...)
1991(Junuh is a young, black oncologist from the Low Country o...)
2004McLaurin was married three times. His first wife was Janelle Clark and the second - Katie Earlie. Tim’s last marriage was with Carol. He had two children, Meghan and Christopher.
