Jäsenjriggs

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Nov 24, 2008
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THE FIREMAN'S WIFE, winner of the 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award.
About Me
Jack Riggs was raised in Lexington, North Carolina. Set in the Deep South, Lexington was the inspiration for the fictional town of Ellenton, the setting of Riggs’ award-winning novel "When the Finch Rises."
While attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Riggs spent his summers playing guitar on the coffeehouse circuit along the shores of Long Island, New York, singing for beers and tips. After graduation he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where he studied Film Aesthetics and Production. With a Masters Degree in Film, Riggs headed out to Los Angeles and became an assistant director, producing among others, the classic Guns and Roses videos, “Welcome to the Jungle,” and “Sweet Child of Mine."
Riggs began writing fiction in workshops at UCLA during his years in Hollywood and eventually moved back south to complete his master's degree at his alma mater, UNC Greensboro. While there he studied with Fred Chappell, Michael Parker and Lee Zacharias. After receiving an MFA in Creative Writing, Riggs forged enduring relationships with such writers and mentors as Jill McCorkle, Lewis Nordan, Lee Smith, and Larry Brown.
Published by Ballantine Books in 2003, "When the Finch Rises" has been compared to "A Separate Peace" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." "Finch" was quickly coined as a classic, winning Georgia Author of the Year-First Novel. The American Library Association recognized it as a Top Ten First Novel, while The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called it one of the top Southern novels of 2003.
"The Fireman’s Wife," Riggs’ second novel, is due out December 30th, 2008. Riggs lives in Decatur with his wife and two children, and spends much of his time between Garden City Beach, SC, and the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where much of his fiction is set.
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