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William Rawlings, Jr.

William Rawlings Jr., author of The Lazard Legacy, The Tate Revenge and The Rutherford Cipher, is a lifelong resident of Sandersville, Ga., where he practices medicine, runs a travel agency, grows pine trees, restores old buildings and keeps busy writing books.

An avid art collector and traveler, Rawlings is often found in the far-reaches of the globe. He has written articles for the Atlanta Journal Constitution chronicling his adventures in South America.

Rawlings also tours the Southeast speaking on his books, his travels, and what he has learned about the book publishing business.

Who is William Rawlings, Jr.?

Rawlings comes from a long line of farmers, most of whom (for the past hundred and fifty
years or so) did something on the side-like practice medicine or law. "So far as I know, none of my direct ancestors on either my father's or mother's side ever had a job. They have always been self-employed, independent people whose success-or lack thereof-depended on their own work ethic."

He adds, "I seem to have inherited some of that. I was raised with the unspoken sense that somehow it would be appropriate for me as the eldest son to carry on the family tradition. On thinking about it, I have no idea what the family tradition is. I perceive myself as different from my forebears as night is from day, yet as I age, I realize that in many ways I am like them. I seem to find myself both an observer and a player in the ongoing pageant of small town life. I draw on those themes in my writing."

At one time, Rawlings planned to stay in academic medicine. Fortunately, he explains, he realized that such a career would have been far too confining. As a child and young adult his maternal Uncle Jesse was his hero and role model. "Exceptionally intelligent, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina," Rawlings notes. "He worked for a several years in the Midwest before coming home to open a hardware and farm equipment business. The truth be told, he had inherited several thousand acres from my grandfather, so much of the time he stayed down on the farm and read. He had me reading Lolita at age 12 with dictionary in hand, and The New Yorker and Scientific American instead of comic books. He taught me to hunt, to drink beer and, with regard to my parents, to remember that, 'What they don't know won't hurt them'. I had a pleasant childhood."

Why Does He Write?

Rawlings explains, "Southern men tell stories. This is not a unique observation, but one that I arrived at on my own. I have been lots of places and done and seen lots of things. I have lots of stories. Some are fun, some are fascinating, some are almost unbelievable, but they're true.

"My Professor of Humanities at Emory once said that the difference between a writer and an ordinary man is the writer's ability to capture in words a moment in time. The measure of the writer's success is his ability to reproduce the same scene and the same emotions in the mind of the reader as were felt by the writer when he experienced or envisioned that moment. That is my goal. I like to tell stories. It is not much of a stretch to string them all together and call them a plot, or to embellish them a bit and call them a novel."

Titles by William Rawlings, Jr.

Crossword
ISBN 1-891799-50-9
$24.95 / Hardback

The Tate Revenge
ISBN 1-891799-33-9
$24.95 / Hardback

The Rutherford Cipher
ISBN 1-891799-03-7
Hardcover - $24.95

The Lazard Legacy
ISBN 1-891799-36-3
Softcover - $16.95

William Rawlings, Jr. In The News

--William Rawlings discusses what sparked his interst in the lost gold of the Confederacy

--Read the Southern Scribe interview with William Rawlings, Jr.

--Rawlings - Letter, photograph stir memories.





William Rawlings, Jr. Web site: www.williamrawlings.com William Rawlings Jr., author of The Lazard Legacy, The Tate Revenge and The Rutherford Cipher, is a lifelong resident of Sandersville, Ga., where he practices medicine, runs a travel agency, grows pine trees, restores old buildings and keeps busy writing books. An avid art collector and traveler, Rawlings is often found in the far-reaches of the globe. He has written articles for the Atlanta Journal Constitution chronicling his adventures in South America. Rawlings also tours the Southeast speaking on his books, his travels, and what he has learned about the book publishing business. Who is William Rawlings, Jr.? Rawlings comes from a long line of farmers, most of whom (for the past hundred and fifty years or so) did something on the side-like practice medicine or law. "So far as I know, none of my direct ancestors on either my father's or mother's side ever had a job. They have always been self-employed, independent people whose success-or lack thereof-depended on their own work ethic." He adds, "I seem to have inherited some of that. I was raised with the unspoken sense that somehow it would be appropriate for me as the eldest son to carry on the family tradition. On thinking about it, I have no idea what the family tradition is. I perceive myself as different from my forebears as night is from day, yet as I age, I realize that in many ways I am like them. I seem to find myself both an observer and a player in the ongoing pageant of small town life. I draw on those themes in my writing." At one time, Rawlings planned to stay in academic medicine. Fortunately, he explains, he realized that such a career would have been far too confining. As a child and young adult his maternal Uncle Jesse was his hero and role model. "Exceptionally intelligent, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina," Rawlings notes. "He worked for a several years in the Midwest before coming home to open a hardware and farm equipment business. The truth be told, he had inherited several thousand acres from my grandfather, so much of the time he stayed down on the farm and read. He had me reading Lolita at age 12 with dictionary in hand, and The New Yorker and Scientific American instead of comic books. He taught me to hunt, to drink beer and, with regard to my parents, to remember that, 'What they don't know won't hurt them'. I had a pleasant childhood." Why Does He Write? Rawlings explains, "Southern men tell stories. This is not a unique observation, but one that I arrived at on my own. I have been lots of places and done and seen lots of things. I have lots of stories. Some are fun, some are fascinating, some are almost unbelievable, but they're true. "My Professor of Humanities at Emory once said that the difference between a writer and an ordinary man is the writer's ability to capture in words a moment in time. The measure of the writer's success is his ability to reproduce the same scene and the same emotions in the mind of the reader as were felt by the writer when he experienced or envisioned that moment. That is my goal. I like to tell stories. It is not much of a stretch to string them all together and call them a plot, or to embellish them a bit and call them a novel." Titles by William Rawlings, Jr. Crossword ISBN 1-891799-50-9 $24.95 / Hardback The Tate Revenge ISBN 1-891799-33-9 $24.95 / Hardback The Rutherford Cipher ISBN 1-891799-03-7 Hardcover - $24.95 The Lazard Legacy ISBN 1-891799-36-3 Softcover - $16.95 William Rawlings, Jr. In The News --William Rawlings discusses what sparked his interst in the lost gold of the Confederacy --Read the Southern Scribe interview with William Rawlings, Jr. --Rawlings - Letter, photograph stir memories.	Mike S. Adams Marshall B. Allen, Jr. Karl Berger Ann Herlong-Bodman Ron Braithwaite Jim Daher Rich Everitt E. Randall Floyd David Healey Cecile Holmes George Holmes Scott A. Johnson Phil Kent Robert Lamb Terry Leiden Sharron Martin Joan McCall Susan Mucha N.J. Nidiffer Robert K. Oldham Elizabeth Pool William Rawlings, Jr. James P. Reger Brewster Milton Robertson Steve Ruthenbeck David Sheldon Jessica Swan Rick Turnbull Percy Walters Eleanor West Naomi Williams Robbie Williams Jock Young

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