Cities, Towns, and Places Associated with Mississippi Authors

Listed below are towns and places in Mississippi which are associated with Mississippi Authors. A asterick sign (*) appearing after an author’s name indicates he or she is associated with more than one place in Mississippi. If you know of other Mississippi Authors who should be included here, or see that we have made an error, please let us know.

Abbeville:

• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet* (1790-1870)

Aberdeen:

• Reuben G. Davis*(1813-1966)
• Charles Granville Hamilton (   )
• Joseph Holt Ingraham *(1809-   )
• Sidney Alroy (S. A.) Jonas (   )
• Patsy Clark Pace* (1929-   )
• Frank Trippett* (1926-   )

(Adams County):

• Prentiss Ingraham* (1843-1904)

(Alcorn County):

• Sue C. Spigner* (1939-   )

Alligator:

• Jack Butler (1944-    )

Baldwyn

• John Allen (    )
• Claude Gentry (    )

Batesville (Panola County):

• John Nixon, Jr. (1924-   )
• James Seay (1939-    )

Bay St. Louis:

• John Francis Hamtramck (J. F. H.) Claiborne (1807-1884)

Bel Pine:

• Virgia Brocks-Shedd*(1943-   )

Benoit

• Tennessee Williams*(1911-1983)

(Benton County):

• James Autry (1933-    )

Biloxi:

• Jefferson Davis* (    -1889)
• Prentiss Ingraham*(1843-1904)
• Jack Nelson (1929-    )
• Father Abram Joseph Ryan (    )
• Glenn Robert Swetman*(1936-   )

Blue Mountain:

• General Mark Perrin (M. P.) Lowrey (    )
• Booth Lowrey (    )
• Perrin Lowrey (    )
• P. H. Lowrey (    )
• Patsy Clark Pace* (1929-   )

Brandon:

• John Little*(1939-   )
• Neil McGaughey (   )

Braxton:

• Laurence C. Jones* (1882-1975)

Brookhaven:

• Charles Henri Ford*(1913-    )
• Cid Ricketts Sumner* (1890-1970)

Canton:

• Belle Kearney* (1863-1939)

Carpenter:

• Virgia Brocks-Shedd* (1943-   )

Carrollton:

• Greenwood Leflore (   )
• Elizabeth Spencer*(1921-    )

Carthage:

• Katherine Bellamann*(1877-1956)

Centreville:

• Anne Moody (1940-    )

Charleston:

• Robert Herring (1938-    )

(Choctaw County):

• Paul Conklin (1929-   )
• Birthalene Miller (   )

Church Hill

• Josephine Balfour Payne (   )

Clarksdale:

• Lerone Bennett(1928-    )
• Lamar Fontaine (    )
• Sid Graves* (1946-   )
• Tennessee Williams*(1911-1983)

Cleveland:

• Sung Gay Chow (1947-   )
• Dorothy Sample Shawhan (1942-    )
• William Sullivan* (1942-   )
• Wirt Alfred Williams (1921-1986)

Clinton:

• Robert Canzoneri (1925-    )
• Evans Harrington*(1925-    )
• James Hughes* (1957-   )
• Stephen Owen* (1946-   )
• Sterling D. Plumpp(1940-    )
• Jes Simmons* (1954-   )

Coldwater:

• Dumas Malone(1892-1986)

Columbus:

• Red Barber(1908-1992)
• Joseph Beckham Cobb (1819-1858)
• Judge Francis Miles (F. M.) Finch (    )
• Frances Gaither*(1889-1955)
• Robert Ivy(1947-    )
• Alexander Beaufort Meek (    )
• Karen Mitchell* (1955-    )
• Samuel Prestridge* (1952-   )
• Paul Ruffin (    )
• Frank Trippett* (1926-   )
• Luke Wallin(1943-    )
• Tennessee Williams* (1911-1983)

Como:

• Stark Young*(1881-1963)

Corinth:

• Henry Dalton* (1909-    )
• Frances Gaither*(1889-1955)
• Etheridge Knight(1931-1991)
• Thomas Hal Phillips*(1922-    )

Decatur:

• Charles Evers (1922-   )
• Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
• Ovid Vickers(1930-    )

DeKalb:

• Joseph Glover Baldwin (1815-1864)

(DeSoto County):

• Walter Malone*(1866-1915)

D’Lo:

• Patrick D. Smith*(1927-    )

Ecru:

• Kenneth Holditch (1933-   )

Edwards:

• Ann Odene Smith (1926-   )

Eillisville

• Newt Knight (   )

Fawn Grove (Itawamba County):

• Phyllis Harper* (1933-   )

Gainesville:

• Eliza Jane Poitevant Nicholson (1849-1896)

Fayette:

• Charles Evers (1922-   )

Forest:

• Kevin Sessums (1957-    )

Glen Allan:

• Clifford L. Taulbert (1945-    )

Gloster:

• Margaret Porter (1949-   )

Goodman:

• David Donald(1920-    )

Greenville:

• William Attaway(1911-1986)
• Charles G. Bell (1916-    )
• William Burt (1950-   )
• Jim Henson (1936-1990)
• William Hodding Carter II (1907-1972)
• David Lewis Cohn (1897-1960)
• Louise Eskrigge Crump (   )
• Ellen Douglas*(1921-    )
• Lucile Finlay (   )
• Shelby Foote (1916-    )
• Brooks Haxton (1950-    )
• Angela Jackson (1951-    )
• Bern Keating (1915-    )
• Margaret Kent (1941-   )
• Sinclair O. Lewis* (1930-   )
• Beverly Lowry(1938-    )
• Walker Percy (1916-1990)
• William Alexander Percy(1885-1942)
• Jessie Schell (    )
• Mary Craig Kimbrough Sinclair (    )
• Frank Stanford (1949-1978)
• Benjamin Franklin (Ben) Wasson(1899-1982)

Greenwood:

• Danny Collum (1954-   )
• Endesha Ida Mae Holland (1944-    )
• Donna Tartt*(1963-    )
• Mildred Spurrier Topp (1897-    )

Grenada:

• Rebecca Hood-Adams* (1949-   )
• Donna Tartt*(1963-    )
• Otis Williams (1939-   )

Gulfport:

• William H. Hardy (   )
• James Hughes* (1957-   )
• Benjamin Williams (1947-   )

(Harrison County)

• H. Grady Howell, Jr.* (1947-   )

Hattiesburg:

• Angela Ball(1952-    )
• Frederick Barthelme (1943-    )
• Steven Barthelme (1951-    )
• Charles Braxton(1961-    )
• Elliot Chaze(1915-    )
• Jean Davidson* (1947-   )
• Sybil Pittman Estess* (1942-   )
• Joan Johnson* (1953-   )
• William Mills (1935-    )
• Charles Moorman (1925-   )
• Linda Peavy* (1943-   )
• Noel Polk* (1943-   )
• Mary Robison (1949-    )
• Jean-Marc Sens* (1959-    )
• James Howell Street*(1903-1954)
• Chester Sullivan(1939-    )
• Glenn Robert Swetman* (1936-   )
• Dorothy Twiss* (1928-   )

Hazelhurst:

• Charles Henri Ford* (1913-    )
• Ruth Ford (1920-   )
• Fannie May Gibbes (   )
• Beth Henley* (1952-   )

Hermanville:

• Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)

(Hinds County):

• Laurence C. Jones* (1882-1975)

Holcomb:

• Gloria Norris (1937-    )

Holly Springs (Marshall County):

• Ida Wells Barnett (1862-1931)
• Sherwood Bonner* (1849-1883)
  Pearl Rivers
• Sarah Jannette Picken (Mrs. S. J.) Cohen (    )
• Anne Walter Fearn (    )
• Joseph Holt Ingraham* (1809-    )
• Margaree King Mitchell (1953-    )
• Karen Mitchell* (1955-    )
• Minnie Walter Myers (    )

Indianola:

• Craig Claiborn* (1920-    )
• Seargent Smith Prentiss (    )
• Steve Yarbrough (1956-    )

Itta Bena:

• Lewis Nordan* (1939-    )

Iuka:

• Emory Davis Jones (1944-    )

Jackson:

• Margaret Walker Alexander (1915-    )
• Katherine Bellamann*(1877-1956)
• Patti Carr Black(1934-    )
• Theodore Bozeman (1955-   )
• Nash Burger(1908-    )
• Charlotte Capers (1913-    )
• Anne Carsley*(1935-    )
• Turner Cassity (1929-    )
• Cecile Brown Clement (1932-   )
• Willie Cook (1929-   )
• Carol Cox (1946-   )
• Rosalie Burkes Daniels*(1944-   )
• Louis Dollarhide*(1918-    )
• Ellen Douglas* (1921-    )
• Lehman Engel (1910-1982)
• Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
• Myrlie Evers-Williams*(1933-    )
• Richard Ford (1944-    )
• John P. Freeman (1942-   )
• Richard Freis (1939-   )
• Sid Graves* (1946-   )
• Douglas Gray* (1948-   )
• Beth Henley* (1952-    )
• Aurolyn Charise Jacobs (1957-   )
• Larry Johnson* (1945-   )
• Edwin King* (1936-   )
• Sinclair O. Lewis* (1930-   )
• Robert McElvaine (1947-    )
• Willie Morris* (1934-    )
• Sandra Napier-Dyess (1954-   )
• Lewis Nordan* (1939-    )
• Linda Peavy* (1943-   )
• Erin Clayton Pitner* (1921-   )
• Samuel Prestridge* (1952-   )
• Lavine Rogers (1929-   )
• Brenda E. Sartoris*(1940-   )
• James R. Scafidel (1942-    )
• Aleda Shirley (1955-    )
• Jes Simmons* (1954-   )
• Frank Smith* (1918-    )
• Elizabeth Spencer*(1921-    )
• Stuart Stevens (1952-    )
• John Stone (1936-    )
• Cid Ricketts Sumner*(1890-1970)
• Mildred D. Taylor (1943-    )
• Henry Tim [Chambers] (1903-   )
• Nagueyalti Warren* (1947-   )
• Nayo-Barbara Malcolm Watkins* (1940-   )
• Eudora Welty (1909-    )
• James Whitehead (1936-    )
• John A[lfred] Williams (1925-    )
• Austin Wilson (1943-    )
• Billie Jean Young (1936-    )

Kosciusko:

• Jack Fenwick (1911-   )
• Joyce Hollingsworth-Barkley (1929-   )
• James Meredith* (1933-   )

Kossuth

• Thomas Hal Phillips* (1922-   )

Laurel:

• Douglas Gray*(1948-   )
• Joan Johnson* (1953-   )
• James Howell Street* (1903-1954)

Lexington:

• Jonathan Henderson Brooks* (1905-1945)

Liberty:

• Will Davis Campbell (1924-    )

Long Beach:

• Patricia Boatner* (1936-   )
• Vachel Lindsay (    )

Lorman:

• Thomas D. Clark* (1903-   )
• Charles Evers (1922-   )
• Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
• Myrlie Evers-Williams* (1933-    )
• Rabiul Hasan*

Louisville:

• Thomas D. Clark* (1903-   )

Lucedale:

• James Howell Street* (1903-1954)

Lumberton:

• James Howell Street* (1903-1954)

Macon:

• Loyle Hairston (1926-   )
• T. R. Hummer (1950-    )
• Marie Bankhead Owen (    )
• William Ward (    )
• Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953)

Magnolia:

• Martha Lacy Hall (1923-    )

(Madison County):

• H. Gragy Howell, Jr.* (1947 -   )
• Margaret Johnstone (    )
• Belle Kearney* (1863-1939)

Mayersville

• Ellen Gilchrist* (1935-    )

(Marshall County):

• James Forman (1928-   )

McAdams:

• Velma Sanders* (1912-1979)

McComb:

• Charles Braxton* (1961-    )

Mendenhall:

• Patrick D. Smith* (1927-    )
• Eudora Welty*(1909-    )

Meridian:

• Randolph Bates (1945-   )
• Wyatt Cooper* (1927-1978)
• Ben Arthur Davis (1873-    )
• Winifred Farrar (   )
• Edwin Granberry (1897-    )
• Barry Hannah* (1942-    )
• William Edward Kimbrough (1918-    )
• Stephen Owen* (1946-   )
• Jimmie Rodgers (    )
• Frank Trippett* (1926-   )

Merigold:

• Rebecca Hood-Adams* (1949-   )

Minter City:

• M. Carl Holman (1919-   )

(Montgomery County):

• Fannie Lou Hamer* (1917-1977)

Moorehead

• W.C. Handy (    )

Mooreville:

• Phyllis Harper* (1933-   )

Morton:

• Dorothy Twiss* (1928-   )

Mound Bayou:

• Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
• Margaret Morgan Lawrence* (1914-    )
• Isaiah T. Montgomery (    )
• Myrlie Evers-Williams* (1933-    )

Natchez:

• Elizabeth Bisland (    )
• Isabella M. Brown (1917-   )
• J.F.H. Claiborne (1807-1884)
• Varina Howell Davis (    )
• Sarah Anne Dorsey (    )
• Ellen Douglas* (1921-    )
• Alice Walworth Graham (1905-    )
• Larry Johnson* (1945-   )
• John Roy Lynch (1847-1939)
• Louise Clarke Pyrnelle (    )
• J. Edgar Simmons (1921-1979)
• Jes Simmons* (1954-   )
• Julius Thompson (1946-    )
• Richard Wright (1908-1960)

New Albany (Union County):

• Borden Deal*(1922-1985)
• William Faulkner* (1897-1962)
• Ishtehotopah (    )

Oakland

• Dunbar Rowland* (    )

Ocean Springs:

• Walter Anderson (    )
• D. C. Berry* (1942-    )
• John Ruskin (    )
• Louis Sullivan (    )
• Al Young (1939-    )

Oxford (Lafayette County):

• Franz Baskett (1952-    )
• Jack Bass (1934-    )
• Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809-1877)
• Larry Brown (1951-    )
• John Crews (1926-   )
• Louis Dollarhide* (1918-    )
• Ellen Douglas* (1921-    )
• Barbara Ensrud (1939-    )
• John Faulkner* (1901-1963)
• William Faulkner* (1897-1962)
• William R. Ferris (1942-    )
• Ruth Ford (1920-   )
• David Galef (1959-    )
• Sid Graves* (1946-   )
• John Grisham* (1955-    )
• Barry Hannah* (1942-    )
• Evans Harrington* (1925-    )
• Jere Hoar (1929-    )
• Lisa Howorth (1951-    )
• Winthrop Jordan (1931-    )
• L. Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893)
• Mirabeau B. Lamar (    )
• Augustus Baldwin Longstreet* (1790-1870)
• Thomas [Tom] McHaney* (1936-   )
• James Meredith* (1933-   )
• Willie Morris* (1934-    )
• Jane Mullen (1948-    )
• Howard Washington Odum (1884-1954)
• Erin Clayton Pitner* (1921-   )
• Jean-Marc Sens* (1959-    )
• Cynthia Shearer (1955-    )
• James W. Silver (1907-   )
• Elizabeth Spencer* (1921-    )
• Glennray Tutor* (1950-   )
• Nagueyalti Warren* (1947-   )
• Nayo-Barbara Malcolm Watkins* (1940-   )
• Dean Faulkner Wells (1936-    )
• Lawrence Wells (1941-    )
• Charles Reagan Wilson (1948-    )
• Stark Young* (1881-1963)

Pace:

• Besmilr Brigham (1923-    )

Paden:

• Patsy Clark Pace* (1929-   )

Pascagoula:

• Patricia Boatner* (1936-   )
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (    )

Pass Christian:

• Dorothy Dix (    )
• Rollie McKenna (1918-    )

Petal:

• Larry Johnson* (1945-   )

Philadelphia (Neshoba County):

• (William) Turner Catledge (1901-1983)
• Charles Evers (1922-   )
• Florence Mars (1923-   )

Picayune:

• Noel Polk* (1943-   )
• Sherwood Bonner*(1849-1883)
  Pearl Rivers
• Samuel Grady(S. G.) Thigpen (    )

Pontotoc (Pontotoc County):

• Borden Deal* (1922-1985)
• James Gordon (    )

Poplarville:

• Jason Berry (1949-   )
• Governor Theodore G. Bilbo (    )
• Sybil Pittman Estess* (1942-   )
• Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (1935-   )

Port Gibson:

• Henry Hughes (    )
• Berry Morgan (1919-    )
• Irwin Russell (1853-1879)

Prentiss:

• William Sullivan* (1942-   )

Quitman:

• Wyatt Cooper* (1927-1978)

Raleigh (Smith County):

• John Little* (1939-   )

Rich:

• Thomas Harris (1940-    )

Ridgeland:

• Anne Carsley* (1935-    )

Rienzi:

• Henry Dalton*(1909-   )

Ripley:

• William Clark Falkner (1826-1889)
• John Faulkner* (1901-1963)

Rodney

• Rush Nutt (    )

Ruleville:

• John Milton Wesley* (1948-   )

Senatobia:

• Stark Young*(1881-1963)
• Elizabeth Spencer* (1921-    )

Shelby:

• Charles East (1924-    )

Ship Island

• John William DeForrest (    )
• Elizabeth Spencer* (1921-    )

Sidon:

• Frank Smith* (1918-    )

Soso:

• Rebecca Hill (1944-    )

Southaven:

• John Grisham* (1955-    )
• Walter Malone*(1866-1915) (    )

Starkville:

• Price Caldwell (1940-    )
• Patrick Creevy (1947-    )
• John Grisham* (1955-    )
• Richard Lyons (1951-    )
• Thomas [Tom] McHaney* (1936-   )
• Gary Myers (1950-    )
• Stephen Owen* (1946-   )
• Thomas Hal Phillips* (1922-    )
• Susan Prospere (1952-    )
• Robert Sargent (1912-   )
• Brenda E. Sartoris* (1940-   )

Sunflower (Sunflower County):

• Craig Claiborne*(1920-    )

(Sunflower County):

• Fannie Lou Hamer* (1917-1977)

Tougaloo:

• Virgia Brocks-Shedd* (1943-   )
• Jonathan Henderson Brooks* (1905-1945)
• Edwin King* (1936-   )
• John O’Neal (   )
• Jerry Ward(1943-    )
• John Milton Wesley* (1948-   )

Tribbett:

• L. C. Dorsey (1938-   )

Tunica:

• Charlaine Harris (1951-    )
• Dunbar Rowland* (    )

Tupelo (Lee County):

• James Adair (    )
• John Armistead (1941-    )
• W L. Clayton (    )
• Genevieve Holden (    )
• Thomas [Tom] McHaney*(1936-   )
• Olivia Napoli (    )
• Erin Clayton Pitner* (1921-   )
• Samuel Prestridge* (1952-   )
• Sue C. Spigner* (1939-   )

Typlant:

• Velma Sanders* (1912-1979)

Vance:

• Jack Crocker* (1940-   )

Vaughan

• Casey Jones (    )

Verona:

• Perrin Holmes Lowery (   )

Vicksburg:

• Emma Balfour (    )
• D. C. Berry* (1942-    )
• Rabbi Herman M. Bien (    )
• Charles Burnett (1944-    )
• Mart Crowley (1935-    )
• Harris Dickson (1868-1946)
• Ellen Gilchrist* (1935-    )
• Edwin King* (1936-   )
• Margaret Morgan Lawrence* (1914-    )
• Governor Alexander G. McNutt (180?-1848)
• Myrlie Evers-Williams* (1933-    )

Water Valley:

• Hubert Creekmore (1907-1966)

(Wayne County):

• Gayle Graham Yates (1940-   )

West Point:

• Judge James D. Lynch (    )
• Larry Semon (1889-1928)

Wheeler:

• Don Lee Keith (1940-   )

Woodville

• Edward Everett Hale (    )
• Jefferson Davis*(    - 1889)
• Stark Young*(1881-1963)

Yazoo City:

• Jerry Clower (1926-    )
• Reuben G. Davis* (1813-1966)
• William C. Hall (1819-1865)
• Henry Clay Lewis (1825-1850)
• Willie Morris* (1934-     )
• Charlemae Rollins (1897-1979)
• Zig Ziglar (    )

Yocona:

• Larry Brown* (1951-    )

Zama:

• Rosalie Burkes Daniels* (1944-   )

Needs To Be Classified:

• William Allen (    )
• Nevada Barr (1952-    )
• Rick Bass (1958-    )
• Judy Broadus Bullock (    )
• Mary Calquett (    )
• George Dukes (    )
• Paul Green (1894-1981)
• Greg Iles (    )
• Jim Majure (    )
• William Raspberry (1935-    )
• Carolyn Thornton (    )
• Brad Watson (    )

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