About Pat Conroy
Contemporary southern author Pat Conroy has written a number of highly popular books, including The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and Beach Music. Conroy also has achieved considerable success as a screenwriter. He is the author or coauthor of several Hollywood and television scripts, most notably the film adaptations of his own novels, the Prince of Tides and Beach Music.
Novels
The Boo (1970)
The Great Santini (1976)
The Lords of Discipline (1980)
The Prince of Tides (1986)
Beach Music (1995)
South of Broad (2009)
The Great Santini (1976)
The Lords of Discipline (1980)
The Prince of Tides (1986)
Beach Music (1995)
South of Broad (2009)
Omnibus
Non fiction
The Water is Wide (1972)
My Losing Season (2002)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with John Grisham, Stephen King and Peter Straub)
The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes from My Life (2004)
My Life in Books (2010)
aka My Reading Life
My Losing Season (2002)
The WaveDancer Benefit (2002) (with John Grisham, Stephen King and Peter Straub)
The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes from My Life (2004)
My Life in Books (2010)
aka My Reading Life
Links to other websites
| patconroy.com |
Pat Conroy recommends
 Cold Sassy Tree (1983) (Cold Sassy, book 1) Olive Ann Burns "A hilarious and passionate book... One of the best portraits of small town Southern life ever written." |  A World Made Of Fire (1984) Mark Childress "A wonderful and powerful novel... a novelist of astonishing gifts." |  Long Distances (1988) Fabienne Marsh "This book is pure magic. I loved reading every page of it. Long Distances is the brilliant debut of a superb new writer." | |
 A Stranger's House (1988) Bret Lott "Bret Lott is an important artist... A beautifully crafted novel." |  Big Bad Love (1990) Larry Brown "Larry Brown writes like a force of nature!" |  Domestic Pleasures (1991) Beth Gutcheon "Few in America write as well about marriage, divorce, and the family ties which both unite and torture us all. She's in a league by herself." | |
 The Invisible Circus (1994) Jennifer Egan "If there were justice in the world, no one would be allowed to write a first novel of such beauty and accomplishment." |  Innocent Blood (1997) Christopher Dickey "This book moves so fast it feels like it was written with quicksilver and the blood of greyhounds. A splendid achievement." |  Valley of the Shadow (1998) Charlotte Hughes "Charlotte Hughes is the real thing." | |
 Special Kay: The Wisdom of Terry Kay (2000) Terry Kay "The perfect writer for those who love to read." |  The Florabama Ladies' Auxiliary & Sewing Circle (2001) Lois Battle "A magical and surprising tour of a Deep South I had no idea existed." |  Hurricane Season (2001) Karen Bjorneby "Karen Bjorneby writes stories with a voice that is uncommonly powerful, visceral and precise. Her short stories can wound and lacerate, or cut to the bone then alarm you with their tenderness and sweetness and grace." | |
 Prague (2002) Arthur Phillips "Prague is one of those rare books that help define and identify a whole generation, in the same way that Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises introduced his own lost generation." |  Desert Places (2004) (Andrew Z. Thomas, book 1) Blake Crouch "Terrific... harrowing... a whacked-out combination of Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy." |  Pawley's Island (2005) (Lowcountry Tales, book 5) Dorothea Benton Frank "Hilarious and wise." | |
 Sweetgrass (2005) Mary Alice Monroe "Mary Alice Monroe is helping to redefine the beauty and magic of the Carolina Lowcountry. Every book she has written has felt like a homecoming to me." |  Grievances (2006) Mark Ethridge "...a beautifully written, compelling tale of race and redemption as riveting as the best Grisham courtroom thriller." |  The King of Lies (2006) John Hart "The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire... An amazing new talent." | |
 Sweetsmoke (2008) David Fuller "Sweetsmoke is a fascinating and gripping novel about the Civil War. The slave, Cassius Howard, is a great fictional character, and his story is part mystery, part love story, and a harrowing portrait of slavery that reads with the immense power of the slave narratives. A tour de force for David Fuller." |  Letter to My Daughter (2010) George Bishop "A first novel of immense power." |  The Perfect Love Song (2010) Patti Callahan Henry "The Pefect Love Song is a lyrical and heartwarming tale of love and forgiveness." | |
 Heir To the Everlasting (2011) Janice Daugharty "Janice Daugharty is a natural-born writer, one of those Georgia women like O'Connor, McCullers, or Siddons who are best grown in small towns, a long way from city lights. There is a lot of red clay and long nights in every line she puts on paper." |  The Tender Mercy of Roses (2011) Anna Michaels "An unforgettable story told with astonishing skill and clarity by a truly gifted writer." |  Folly Beach (2011) (Lowcountry Tales, book 8) Dorothea Benton Frank "Dottie Frank's books are sexy and hilarious. She has staked out the lowcountry of South Carolina as her personal literary property." | |
 The Winters in Bloom (2011) Lisa Tucker "This is one page-turner you will not want to miss." |  Man in the Blue Moon (2012) Michael Morris "Michael Morris has been one of my favorite Southern writers. His new novel is reason for great celebration - a beautifully wrought portrayal of small-town Southern life. Buy it. Read it." |
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