Terry Roberts

Finalist for the 2023 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award "When I'm dead and buried... you get the hell out of here... Make a life somewhere else... a life that I can't even imagine." Jo has a gift. She is a mathematical prodigy— a woman who sees and thinks in numbers. She secures a job as a teller at Central Bank...

Southern Fiction: Terry Roberts' debut novel with the same main character, A Short Time to Stay Here, won the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction and received endorsements from critically acclaimed authors including Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Robert Morgan, and others. An Immigrant's Tale: This immensely topical story will appeal widely to those interested in the history of Ellis Island...