Anne Rivers Siddons (born 9 January 1936) is an american novelist who writes stories set in the southern United States. She was born in Fairburn, Georgia. She attended Auburn University where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. While at Auburn she was a columnist for the Auburn Plainsman , authoring a column favoring integration. The university administration attempted to suppress the article, and ultimately fired her, and the column garnered national attention. She later became a senior editor for Atlanta magazine. At age 30 she married Heyward Siddons.

Peachtree Road , set in Atlanta, Georgia was a bestselling novel described as "the Southern novel for our generation" by Pat Conroy. Over a million copies are in print.

Novels

• Colony (1992)
• Downtown (1994)
• Fault Lines (1995)
• Fox's Earth (1981)
• Heartbreak Hotel (1976) (dramatized as Heart of Dixie starring Ally Sheedy)
• Hill Towns (1993)
• Homeplace (1987)
• Islands (2004)
• John Chancellor Makes Me Cry (1975)
• Kings Oak (1990)
• Low Country (1998)
• Nora, Nora (2000)
• Outer Banks (1991)
• Peachtree Road (1988)
• The House Next Door (1978)
• Up Island (1997)

References

• Author's official website
• Tri Delta website