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Pat Conroy

USA  (1945 - )
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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.
 
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Pat Conroy recommends
A Stranger's House
A Stranger's House (1988)
Bret Lott
"Bret Lott is an important artist... A beautifully crafted novel."
Domestic Pleasures
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
The Invisible Circus (1995)
Jennifer Egan
"If there were justice in the world, no one would be allowed to write a first novel of such beauty and accomplishment."
Valley of the Shadow
Valley of the Shadow (1998)
Charlotte Hughes
"Charlotte Hughes is the real thing."
Prague
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."
Sweetgrass
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."
Pawley's Island
Pawley's Island (2005)
(Lowcountry Tales)
Dorothea Benton Frank
"Hilarious and wise."
The King of Lies
The King of Lies (2006)
John Hart
"The King of Lies moves and reads like a book on fire... An amazing new talent."



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