North Carolina Literary Map

Personal Information

• Born in 1938, in Benson, NC.

Included Titles By Stephenson, Shelby

• Carolina Shout! (1985)
• Family Matters (2008)
• Fiddledeedee (2001)
• Finch's Mash (1990)
• Greatest Hits: 1978-2000 (2002)
• Our World (2018)
• Past, The (1998)
• Persimmon Tree Carol, The (1990)
• Plankhouse (1993)
• Poor People (1998)
• Possum (2004)

Here are some other books by the author:
Poetry
• Middle Creek Poems, Blue Coot, 1979 (Brockman-Campbell Book Award recipient)
• Steal Away, Jacar Press, 2014
• Paul’s Hill: Homage to Whitman, Sir Walter Press, 2018

N.C. Locations Associated with Stephenson, Shelby

Taught at:

Campbell University

University of North Carolina -Pembroke

Studied at:

University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill

Awards

• Brockman-Campbell Book Award for Possum
• NC Poet Laureate
• North Carolina Award
• North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame