American novelist and short-story writer noted for her examinations of evil and isolation among American Southerners. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Collecting tips:
Shirley Ann Grau has never really been a hot ticket with collectors, although fine copies of her Pulitzer-winning novel
The Keepers of the House (1964) are rapidly dwindling away, and where scarcity goes, price tends to follow. Her first book
The Black Prince and Other Stories (1955) is also uncommon in nice condition, but not that many people seem to care.
We also offer a comprehensive Shirley Ann Grau
Bibliography and Price Guide.