TERRY SOUTHERN was born in Alvarado, Texas. His first short stories were published in Paris in 1949 by New-Story and in 1953 by the Paris Review. A novel, Flash and Filigree, appeared in England in 1958 and was acclaimed by the Observer as one of the “twenty-one outstanding novels of the year.”
Mr. Southern’s short stories have recently been anthologized by David Burnett, editor of the Best American Short Stories. A portion of The Magic Christian received the Vanderbilt Prize for Humorous Fiction given in 1959 by the Paris Review.
Mr. Southern is married and lives in Connecticut.
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