Monroeville native Mark Childress is a writer and journalist best known for his novel Crazy in Alabama, which was successfully adapted to film. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Childress worked for the Birmingham News, Southern Living magazine, and the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before he switched to writing fiction full-time.
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