Okay, so Edgar Allan Poe was writing way before the authors we traditionally think of as Southern Gothic began to write in the 20th century. And even though he was a pioneer in the development of h...

William Faulkner's the man. The Southern Goth dude. If there is one name you absolutely need to know in relation to this movement, it's his. Not only is Faulkner's work pretty much the embodiment o...

Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, and much of her fiction is set in the South. Most of her writing is in the short story form, though she did write a couple of novels. Along with Fau...

Unlike the other writers in our top five, Tennessee Williams was a playwright, not a novelist or a short story writer. But he's included in the list not only because he's one of the most important...

Carson McCullers published The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, her first and most famous novel, at the tender age of 23. Even though she was a successful writer at a young age, McCullers herself didn't h...