Walker Percy

Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 - May 10, 1990) was an American author, born in Birmingham, Alabama. During his high school years, his father committed suicide and his mother died in a car crash, after which he and his two younger brothers moved to Greenville, Mississippi, where his cousin, William Alexander Percy, became their guardian.

Partial bibliography

• The Moviegoer, 1961
• The Last Gentleman, 1966
• Love in the Ruins, 1971
• The Message in the Bottle, 1975
• Lancelot, 1977
• Lost in the Cosmos, 1983
• Signposts in a Strange Land, 1991 (edited and published posthumously)