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Born Patricia Neal in
Birmingham Alabama, 1944, Fannie Flagg had
her first taste of success as a writer in 1978 while
attending the Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference. She won
first place in a short story contest told from the
perspective of an eleven year old girl. The result was an
offer from Harper and Row to expand the story into a novel,
but Flagg suffered quietly from dyslexia and did not pursue
her dream of being a writer. She now talks openly about her
dyslexia. In an interview with CNN, she stated, “I was,
am, severely dyslexic and couldn't spell, still can't
spell. So I was discouraged from writing and embarrassed."
Flagg had a
successful acting career that included
Candid Camera,
Match Game, the 1978 film version of Grease, and the
Broadway version The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
She was a staple of the Match Game television
game shows in the '70s.
Then Fannie
Flagg returned to writing. Her
first novel, Coming Attractions: A Wonderful Novel,
was met with success, but it was her second novel, Fried
Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café that won her
critical praise, commercial success, an Academy Award
nominated film, and a spot on the list of esteemed southern
writers. Since then she had published Welcome to the
World Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, and The
Whistlestop Café Cookbook.
Fannie
Flagg lives in California, and goes back to Alabama often.
See our review of Fannie
Flagg's Can't Wait
to Get to Heaven.
For more books by Fannie Flagg
click here!
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