Mark Childress (born 1957, Monroeville, Alabama) is an American novelist. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He has written A World Made of Fire, V for Victor, Tender, Crazy in Alabama, Gone for Good, and One Mississippi. Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 Comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas, written by Mark Childress (based on his own 1993 novel One Mississippi is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Brendan Benson, released in 1996 in America and 1997 in Great Britain.
Childress grew up in Ohio, Indiana, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America After graduation from The University of Alabama in 1978, Childress was a reporter for The Birmingham News, Features Editor of Southern Living magazine, and Regional Editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Birmingham News is the principal daily Newspaper for Birmingham Alabama, United States, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. Southern Living is a widely-read lifestyle Magazine aimed at readers in the Southern United States featuring recipes house plans and information about The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily Newspaper in Atlanta Georgia, USA and its suburbs.
Childress is the author of six novels:
- A World Made of Fire (Knopf, 1984)
- V For Victor (Knopf, 1988)
- Tender (Harmony, 1990)
- Crazy in Alabama (Putnam, 1993)
- Gone for Good (Knopf, 1998)
- One Mississippi (July 2006, Little, Brown). Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 Comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas, written by Mark Childress (based on his own 1993 novel
His articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday Review, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel and Leisure, and other national and international publications. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily Newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United Travel + Leisure is a travel Magazine based in New York City Published 12 times a year it has 4
Tender, a Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection, was named to several Ten Best of 1990 lists, and appeared on many national bestseller lists. The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States Mail-order business customers of which are offered a new Book each month The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States Mail-order business customers of which are offered a new Book each month Crazy in Alabama, a featured selection of the Literary Guild, has been published in the U. The Book of the Month Club (founded 1926) is a United States Mail-order business customers of which are offered a new Book each month S. , Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Russia, Holland, Denmark, and Poland, and appeared on many bestseller lists and Ten Best of 1993 lists. Crazy was named The (London) Spectator’s “Book of the Year” for 1993 and a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year,” and was on the Der Spiegel bestseller list in Germany for 10 months. Der Spiegel (pronounced /deːɐ ˈʃpiːɡəl/ German for "The Mirror" is a German weekly Magazine, published in Hamburg
"One Mississippi" was a summer reading selection of Good Morning America, O: The Oprah Magazine, People magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and was nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Association's "Book of the Year" award. Stephen King named it as #3 on his list of the "Ten Best Books of 2006" in Entertainment Weekly.
Childress has received the Thomas Wolfe Award, The University of Alabama’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Alabama Library Association’s Writer of the Year.
He has also written three picture books for children, Joshua and Bigtooth (1992), Joshua and the Big Bad Blue Crabs (1996) (both from Little, Brown), and Henry Bobbity Is Missing And It Is All Billy Bobbity’s Fault (Crane Hill Publishers, 1996).
He wrote the screenplay of the Columbia Pictures film Crazy in Alabama, directed by Antonio Banderas, and starring Melanie Griffith, an official selection of the Venice and San Sebastian film festivals in 1999. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Crazy in Alabama is a 1999 Comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas, written by Mark Childress (based on his own 1993 novel José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of
Childress is now working on his seventh novel. He lives in New York City and Dallas. The City of New York
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