Joy Williams Author & Editor

Joy Williams is the author of four novels, including The Quick and the Dead (Knopf 2000), two collections of short stories, and a history of the Florida Keys. Her first novel, State of Grace, was nominated for the 1974 National Book Award. Her work has appeared in Granta, Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's, and dozens of other magazines and reviews. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.