Biography:

Journalist, writer, graphics and audiovisual technician. Born– Oct. 25, 1950, in Birmingham. Parents– Benjamin J. and Carolyn June (Brasfield) Short. Married– Mary McCordon Mar. 21, 1981. Education– attended Samford University and University of Alabama at Birmingham. Worked at Samford University as photographer 1967-1968, for Daily Mountain Eagle 1968-1970, for Shades Valley Sun 1970-1971, for Community News 1971-1975, and for Birmingham News 1975-1977; employed by Alabama School of Fine Arts 1977-1980; self-employed by Raintree Media after 1980; worked part-time after 1971 for Department of Communication Arts at University of Alabama at Birmingham; published in several periodicals. Won Redbook Fiction Award, 1977; Hackney Literary Prize, and Southern Literary Festival prizes.

Source:

Carroll Dale Short, Birmingham, Ala.

Publication(s):

A Mountain Chord, a collection of one-act plays produced in 1978 by Berea College in Kentucky.