Interviewer
Ron Chepesiuk
Files
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Abstract
Frances Patton Statham (1931-2020) was born in Catawba, South Carolina to Ernest Boyd & Kathleen Patton. She attended Winthrop College and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1951. The next year on June 28 Frances married Dr. George Wilkes Statham. Continuing her education, Mrs. Statham attended the University of Georgia and received a M.F.A in 1970. Frances also studied at the Royal Conservatory in Canada and with tenor Ralph Errolle. In November of 1976, France Patton Statham divorced her husband and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Statham has written several historical romances set in the south. In this interview, she discusses her discovery of an interest in writing, her inspiration behind her first novel, personal history as a part of living in the South, the necessity of accurate research for historical romance writing, her writing process, her experience with publishing, her decision to write historical romance novels instead of gothic novels, her other artistic interests, the relation between her music education and writing novels, the Dixie Council of Authors and Journalists, her involvement with Winthrop, her future plans, an approximation of her sales, and an explanation of book sales in foreign markets.
Publication Date
3-29-1984
Unique Identifier
OH 182
Format
1 Cassettes; MP3; WAV;
Length
00:35:38
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Series
Alumni
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Historical Romances, Rock Hill
Recommended Citation
Statham, Frances Patton, "Interview with Frances Patton Statham - OH 182" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 182.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/226
LC Subject Headings
Winthrop College, the South Carolina College for Women -- Alumni and alumnae, College students -- Social life and customs, Coeducation -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, Statham, Frances Patton -- Authorship, Romance fiction, American
Notes
After the interview, there are about twelves minutes of other content. The first six minutes of this section is a clip from part five of the PBS documentary The Southern Voice, which was shown on Georgia ETV. The next five minutes is a speech about the experience of women, creativity, and her experience with writing from Frances Statham. The last minute is a woman singing.