Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019)
Author of The House Next Door
About the Author
Novelist Anne Rivers Siddons was born in Fairburn, Georgia in 1936. She studied at Auburn University in Alabama and Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. Siddons was an editor and columnist for the Auburn Plainsman, senior editor for Atlanta magazine and worked in advertising. Her treatment of the show more South in her novels often earns comparisons to Margaret Mitchell. One of her books, Peachtree Road, won her Georgia author of the year honors (1988). Her novels include: Sweetwater Creek, Off Season and Burnt Mountain. In 2014 her title, The Girls of August, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Anne Rivers Siddons
Plantation 2 copies
Fault Lines / Low Country 1 copy
Kings Oath, Fox's Earth 1 copy
Skin River 1 copy
Paradise Creek 1 copy
Hill Towns 1 copy
Off Season 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Siddons, Anne Rivers
- Birthdate
- 1936-01-09
- Date of death
- 2019-09-11
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Fairburn, Georgia, USA
- Place of death
- Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Education
- Auburn University
- Occupations
- novelist
- Awards and honors
- Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
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Mystery/Horror, house is evil, the architect did it in Name that Book (August 2013)
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Statistics
- Works
- 35
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 12,295
- Popularity
- #1,903
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 292
- ISBNs
- 467
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 48