Percival Everett— member of the Fellowship of
Southern Writers — grew up in South Carolina. He has published
fifteen books, including For Her Dark Skin, Zulus, The Weather and
The Women Treat Me Fair, Cutting Lisa, Walk Me to the Distance, Suder,
The One That Got Away, Watershed, God's Country, Erasure and a
story collection, Big Picture. He has received numerous awards
including the Pen/Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature,
the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fellowship and the Hurston/Wright Legacy
Award. Everett is a Professor of English at the University of Southern
California where he teaches creative writing, American studies and critical
theory.