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 Erskine
Caldwell
American
southern author best known for his novel Tobacco Road (1932).
The 1934 stage version set Broadway records with the length
of its run, more than seven years. William Faulkner once
ranked Erskine Caldwell among America's five most promising
novelists. Thomas Wolfe was given the lead, followed by
Faulkner, John Dos Passos, Caldwell and Ernest Hemingway.
One of the most widely read authors of the 20th Century
His books sold 80 million copies and were translated into
43 languages.
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 Taylor
Caldwell - (Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell
Reback)
As
a writer she was praised for her intricately plotted and
suspenseful stories, which depicted family tensions and
the development of the US from an agrarian society into
the leading industrial state of the world. During her career
as a writer her books sold over thirty million copies. She
received several awards, among them the National League
of American Pen Woman gold medal (1948), Buffalo Evening
News Award (1949), and Grand Prix Chatvain (1950).
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Ian
Caldwell