Pat Conroy, Editor-at-Large

The University of South Carolina Press (USC Press) has named bestselling author Pat Conroy editor-at-large of Story River Books, their new South Carolina-based original fiction series. “The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina,” says Conroy who credits Jonathan Haupt, director of the USC Press, as being “one of the best editors I’ve come across in fiction.” Haupt believes Conroy is the ideal mentor for the series. "I was thrilled when he volunteered to shepherd this new initiative. As Pat says, he feels a complicated love for our state and a sense of duty in helping foster the writing careers of her many fine storytellers. Pat's writing exemplifies what we hope the Story River Books series will be, masterful approaches to universal themes, still rooted in a recognizable portrait of South Carolina."