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by Jeffrey Dale Lofton (Author)
The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist
Georgia Author of the Year for First Novel
Indie Next List Pick--American Booksellers Association
Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction
Foreword INDIES Silver Book of the Year--LGBTQ+ Fiction
Book of the Year: International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club
Lambda Literary Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Book
Southern Literary Review Read of the Month
Southern Literary Review's 2023 TOP TEN BOOKS
Author Biography
Jeffrey Dale Lofton hails from Warm Springs, Georgia, best known as the home of Roosevelt's Little White House. He calls the nation's capital home now and has for over three decades. He is a senior advisor at the Library of Congress where he is surrounded by books and people who love books--in short, paradise. He is a contributing editor for WELL READ Magazine and co-host of the Inside Voices podcast alongside author Robert Gwaltney.
Red Clay Suzie is his first novel, a fictionalized memoir written through his personal lens as an outsider--gay and living with a disability in a conservative family and community in the Deep South. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Red Clay Suzie go to support the important work of The Trevor Project and the Born This Way Foundation. He was the Pat Conroy Literary Center Spring 2024 Writer-in-Residence. Red Clay Suzie was Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize, named an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association, and was awarded the Seven Hills Literary Prize for Fiction. You can learn more about Jeffrey at JeffreyDLofton.com.
