“Robert Morgan has crafted opening lines that lure the reader into the immediacy of the experience … The experience that the most intellectually resilient readers are most likely to remember with admiration and delight is “Judaculla Rock,” an achievement that reminds me of Cormac McCarthy’s last and finest novel, Stella Maris … Morgan’s impressive intellect and artistic achievements may [also] be experienced in his 11 novels, including Gap Creek.” — David Madden, The Phi Beta Kappa The Key Reporter, Fall, 2023

Author Biography

Robert Morgan is the author of several books of poems, including Terroir (2011) and Dark Energy (2015). He has published eleven books of fiction, including The New York Times bestseller Gap Creek, and, most recently, Chasing the North Star (2016), As Rain Turns to Snow (2017), and In the Snowbird Mountains and Other Stories (2023). His works of nonfiction include Lions of the West (2011), Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe (2023), and the national bestseller Boone: A Biography (2007). Recipient of awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he is currently Kappa Alpha Professor of English (Emeritus) at Cornell University.