![]() ![]() Switching genres, Everett next wrote a children's book, The One That Got Away (1992), an illustrated book for young readers that follows three cowboys as they attempt to corral "ones", the mischievous numerals. In 1990, Everett published two books re-fashioning Greek myths: Zulus, which combines the grotesque and the apocalypse and For Her Dark Skin, a new version of Medea by the Greek playwright Euripides. ![]() In 1987, Everett published The Weather and Women Treat Me Fair: Stories, a collection of short stories. This prompts the protagonist to evaluate his relationships. Ĭutting Lisa (1986 re-issued 2000) begins with John Livesey meeting a man who has performed a Caesarean section. The novel was later adapted with an altered plot as an ABC-TV movie entitled Follow Your Heart. ![]() Larson becomes involved in a search for the developmentally disabled son of a sheep rancher in Slut's Whole, Wyoming. ![]() Everett's second novel, Walk Me to the Distance (1985), features veteran David Larson after his return from Vietnam. While completing his AM degree at Brown University, Everett wrote his first novel, Suder (1983), about Craig Suder, a Seattle Mariners third baseman in a major league slump, both on and off the field. Percival Everett (born December 22, 1956) is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.Įverett lives in Los Angeles, California. Erasure (2001) I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) The Trees (2021) ![]()
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