I thought these drawings of literary giants were great. I’m a southerner and I have written my share of southern fiction, so of course Flannery O’Connor and Shelby Foote are my favorites. What do you think? Have you read or do you remember these writers? As always, I’d love to hear from you.

Bill Morris put together a great collection of drawings for The Millions blog. (If you don’t know this blog for fiction writers, you may want to check it out.) Here’s what Bill Morris has to say about his collection:

Since I’m convinced that people tend to be more interesting once they’re dead, obituaries have always been my favorite part of the newspaper. So whenever a noteworthy writer died, I started drawing the picture that accompanied the obit, eventually adding drawings of noteworthy long-dead writers. Here, then, is a gallery of a few of those literary giants, along with brief explanations of what was going through my head as my pen was fashioning their heads.

See more drawings and read his descriptions here.

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