Vicki Covington

Vicki Covington was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Her previous work includes the novels Gathering Home , Bird of Paradise , Night Ride Home , and The Last Hotel for Women and the memoir Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage with Dennis Covington. She wrote a column for Oxford American and has also written for The New Yorker . The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council for the Arts, she now resides in Lubbock, Texas.

Vicki Covington was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Her previous work includes the novels Gathering Home , Bird of Paradise , Night Ride Home , and The Last Hotel for Women and the memoir Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage with Dennis Covington. She wrote a column for Oxford American and has also written for The New Yorker . The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council for the Arts, she now resides in Lubbock, Texas. See less