Walton Young, the author of Days of Dust and Heat, is senior professor of English at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, GA, where he teaches creative writing (fiction), Southern literature, and twentieth-century American literature. He received his PhD in English from the University of Georgia. His novel A Gathering of Eagles was published in 2011. He and his wife, Suzanne, live in Sautee-Nacoochee in the North Georgia mountains.
