Doster's Southern fiction and non-fiction works focus on his home state of Georgia.  Jesus Tree is inspired by the real-life murder of a pastor during the Depression Era.  Rose Bush is a love story unfolding amidst small-town politics and environmental issues. Shadow Child is a series of interconnected short stories centered on historical St. Simons Island, a Georgia barrier island. Georgia Witness is a non-fiction window into the past as seen through the eyes of people across the state who helped shape Georgia into what it is today - a land of opportunity.  In addition to these newer works, he has published Lord Baltimore, a Pulitzer-nominated novel, and Voices From St. Simons, interviews with descendants of slaves and slave-owners who still live in the area.  

Links

Coastal Illustrated Interview (Spotlight On Stephen Doster)  Use pull-down menu at bottom of page to access Spotlight article.

Southern Scribe: An Interview with Stephen Doster

Conference Presentations

Vanderbilt University, Circum-Atlantic Studies Seminar: “The Importation and Creolization of Slave Leisure Forms in the Americas: 1600 – 1865"

Southern Festival of Books

Southern Kentucky Festival of Books

Amelia Island Book Festival

Florida Community College – Jacksonville

Coastal Georgia Historical Society

Dyersburg State Community College