Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an American historical novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain. Read full biography of Charles Frazier →
From my childhood, I remember a tiny old woman named Mary, made pale and almost translucent by time. Mary's childhood memories extended back to... →
People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can, I like to... →
I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in the woods. And I listen to music.
One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a... →
Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not.
I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's something about... →
I've lived out West some... I've always liked the High Plains areas - eastern Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western Nebraska.
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in 'Black Mask' magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond... →
While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina.... →
The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you can accommodate... →
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations... →
I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.
Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an American historical novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain.