Biography:

Literary scholar; college professor, writer. Born– August 2, 1950, Florence. Parents– Johnny C. and Anna Marie (Cooper) Cross. Education– University of North Alabama, B.S., 1973; M.A., 1976; University of Mississippi, Ph.D., 1982. Taught; Lawrence County, Tenn.; Florence City Schools, University of Mississippi, and John C. Calhoun State Community College, Decatur Campus. Wrote articles for the Mark Twain Journal, introductions to the reissued editions of T.S. Stribling’s novels.

Source:

Randy K. Cross, Athens, Ala.

Editor;

Stribling, T. S.  The Forge.  University of Alabama Press, 1985.

The Store.  University of Alabama Press, 1885.

Unfinished Cathedral.  University of Alabama Press, 1986.

Joint_Editor:

Laughing Stock; the Autobiography of T.S. Stribling. Memphis; St. Luke’s Press, 1982.