Lorian Hemingway

Lorian Hemingway (born December 15, 1951) is an American author and freelance journalist. Her books include the memoir Walk on Water, the novel Walking Into the River, and the non-fiction book A World Turned Over, about the devastation of South Jackson in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, by the Candlestick Park Tornado in 1966. Her articles have appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Rolling Stone. The competition, which is open to U.S. and international citizens, draws between 800 and 1,200 submissions annually from the United States and around the world.

Personal life Lorian Hemingway is from Mississippi, the daughter of Gloria Hemingway and Shirley Jane Rhodes, a former Powers model. She grew up in numerous places throughout the South, including Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Writings

Books Hemingway, Lorian (1992). Walking into the River. New York: Simon & Schuster. Hemingway, Lorian (1998). Walk on Water: A Memoir. New York: Simon & Schuster. 250 pp. Hemingway, Lorian (2002). A World Turned Over; A Killer Tornado and the Lives It Changed Forever. New York: Simon & Schuster. 244 pp.