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Ron Cooper, novelist, poet

Fiction Poetry Nonfiction

Ron Cooper is a native of South Carolina who has lived in Florida for many years. He is the author of four novels, the latest of which, All My Sins Remembered, was a Florida Book Award medalist. The Washington Post called his novel Purple Jesus "a literary event of the first magnitude." His poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in publications such as Chattahoochee Review, Blue Mountain Review, Deep South Magazine, Texas Review, and Bronze Bird Review. With his wife Sandra Johnson Cooper, he edited Wild Wind: Poems and Stories Inspired by the Songs of Robert Earl Keen. He received a a BA from the College of Charleston, an MA from the University of South Carolina, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Cooper teaches at the College of Central Florida.

Location:: Moncks Corner, SC
Birthdate:: 22 August (66 years old)