Author Tom Franklin was raised in rural southwest Alabama (Clarke County), a dozen miles from the setting of his new novel, "Hell at the Breech." He was educated at the University of South Alabama and the University of Arkansas. His first book was an Edgar Award winning short story collection, "Poachers." His latest novel is "Smonk." He has been published in "The Black Warrior Review," "The Southern Review," and "The Oxford American," among others. His stories have been included in "Best American Mystery Stories of the Century," "New Stories from The South, 1999" and "Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe." Tom Franklin has received a number of fellowships, and is currently at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he lives with his family.
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