George Garrett was born in Orlando, Florida. He was educated at Sewanee Military Academy and the Hill School, and he entered Princeton University in 1947, receiving a B.A. in 1952 and an M.A. in 1956. He also studied at Columbia University in 1948-1949. In 1952 he married Susan Parrish Jackson, and they have three children, William, George, and Alice. Garrett served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1955. After receiving his M.A. degree, he joined the faculty of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he taught for four years. He has also had academic positions at Rice University (1961-1962), the University of Virginia (1962-1967), Princeton University (1964-1965), Hollins College (1967-1971), and the University of South Carolina (1971-1973). Since 1973, he has participated in and directed many writers' workshops and seminars in several colleges and universities, while devoting most of his time to writing at his home in York Harbor, Maine...