Terry Kay, born 10 February 1938, in Royston

Royston, Georgia

Royston is a city in Franklin, Hart, and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 2,493 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Royston is located at ....

, Georgia, is a novelist. Perhaps his most well-known book is To Dance with the White Dog, which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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 television movie starring Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Hume Blake Cronyn, OC was a Canadian actor of stage and screen, who enjoyed a long career, often appearing professionally alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy.-Early life:...

 and Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy was an English-American stage and film actress.She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's King Lear. She also worked in British films...

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Kay's novel The Valley of Light won the 2004 Townsend Prize for Fiction. He won the 1981 Georgia Author of the Year Award

Georgia Author of the Year Award

Georgia Writers Association is a nonprofit 501 organization that works across the state to encourage and strengthen the proficiencies of writers in both the creative and business aspects of the writing life, and to provide networking opportunities for writers through regularly scheduled meetings...

 for After Eli, and the Southeastern Library Association named him Outstanding Author of the Year in 1991 for To Dance with the White Dog. He won a Southern Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 in 1990 for his teleplay, Run Down the Rabbit and received the 2006 Appalachian Heritage Writers Award. he has books translated in japan, china, france, hong kong, and greece

Kay lives in Athens, Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

 with his wife. he has 4 children(Jon Kay,Terri Kerr,Scott Kay,Heather Flury) i am Jon Kays daughter

Novels

• The Year the Lights Came On (1976)
• After Eli (1981)
• Dark Thirty (1984)
• To Dance with the White Dog
  To Dance with the White Dog
  To Dance with the White Dog is a 1990 novel by Georgia author Terry Kay, based on the experiences of his father.-Plot summary:Sam Peek happily resides in Hart County, Georgia as a pecan farmer and local celebrity featured in many gardening/horticultural magazines. He and his wife Cora are both in...
  
  (1990)
• Shadow Song (1994)
• The Runaway (1997)
• The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene (1999)
• Taking Lottie Home (2000)
• The Valley of Light (2003)
• The Book of Marie (2007)
• Bogmeadow's Wish (2011)
• 'The Mirror Man'2011

Other books

• To Whom the Angels : A Story of the Christmas (1991)
• Special K: The Wisdom of Terry Kay (2000)

External links

• Terry Kay Online
• Terry Kay Bio, Works, and Links
• The Teller of Gentle Stories: An Interview with Terry Kay by Joyce Dixon