Carson McCullers

Feb 19, 1917 - Sep 29, 1967 (50 years old) in Columbus, Georgia, USA

Carson McCullers, born Lula Carson Smith, was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the U.S. South.