American · b. 1950
Charles Frazier won the National Book Award for his 1997 debut "Cold Mountain," a Civil War novel following a Confederate deserter's odyssey home to the woman he loves. The American author crafted prose dense with Appalachian dialect and natural observation, producing a war novel that focuses on survival rather than combat. The bestseller was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. Frazier has continued writing historical fiction set in the American South.