The Largely Literary Legacy of the Late Leon Tolbert by Daniel Wallace

The Largely Literary Legacy of the Late Leon Tolbert by Daniel Wallace

Daniel Wallace

1959-present

Daniel Wallace was born and raised in Mountain View, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. He had a complicated relationship with his father, whose marriage to his mother ended in divorce. Wallace attended Emory University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but left before graduating. He lived and worked in Japan for two years, then returned to Chapel Hill. He took a job in a bookstore and began to write in his spare time. It was thirteen years before he sold his first novel, Big Fish. During that time, he supported himself and his family as an illustrator. He currently writes both novels and short stories.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

1995

Joint Publication: The Largely Literary Legacy of the Late Leon Tolbert. New York; Crown, 1995.

AL Book Collection

Wallace, Daniel, “The Largely Literary Legacy of the Late Leon Tolbert by Daniel Wallace,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/8941.