Carroll Dale Short

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Carroll Dale Short, a native of Walker County, Alabama, is a journalist, fiction writer, columnist, public radio commentator, playwright, multimedia producer, and teacher. He was grand-prize winner of the first Redbook Magazine young author fiction competition. The winning entry, "The Mine at Saragossa," is one of the stories featured in his newest book, Turbo's Very Life, a 30-year retrospective of his best short fiction that has appeared in magazines. His first novel, The Shining Shining Path, was published in 1995 and a how-to book, A Writer's Tool Kit: 12 Proven Ways to Make Your Writing Stronger Today, in 2001. His first book, the essay collection I Left My Heart in Shanghi, Alabama, long out of print, is in the works to be reissued in a special anniversary edition.