Walker Percy

Walker Percy was an American novelist, essayist, and philosopher.
* He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916.
* He studied at the University of North Carolina and Columbia University.
* He worked as a pathologist before becoming a full-time writer.
* His first novel, The Moviegoer, was published in 1961.
* He went on to write several more novels, including Love in the Ruins, Lancelot, and Lost in the Cosmos.
* He also wrote several essays on philosophy and religion.
* He died in 1990 at the age of 73.
* He is considered one of the most important American writers of the 20th century.