Fiction. PULPWOOD, a collection of short stories by Scott Ely, is submersed in the aura of the South. "I've been a fan of Scott Ely's work since STARLIGHT. PULPWOOD, though, takes Mr. Ely to a whole new stratosphere. The stories are linked by calloused hands and puzzled hearts, a relentless South, the wondrous dichotomies that keep us all pushing forward. Scott Ely knows the landscapes, both visible and hidden. Pulpwood is a collection that makes me believe in the short story"—George Singleton. "Ely's tough, immaculate prose constructs, in vivid detail, backdrops for the play of human foibles. His takes continually astound. Just when we're convinced the storyline is safely accounted for, Ely knocks us to our knees with twists in the plot that reveal our all-too-human absurdities"—Julie Suk.

Author City: ROCK HILL, SC USA

Scott Ely was raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He served in Vietnam as an infantryman. He received his MFA from the University of Arkansas. For the past twenty-three years, he has been teaching writing in South Carolina at Winthrop University. He has published five novels and three collections of short stories and is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship and a Rockefeller Fellowship to Bellagio, Italy.