![]() Hunting and the rituals it involved played an important role in Franklin’s childhood. An imaginative child, he drew his own science fiction comic books and wrote stories inspired by Conan the Barbarian and Tarzan. He incorporates themes of poverty, race, and sexual deviance in his writing.įranklin was born in Dickinson, an unincorporated community in Clarke County, on July 7, 1963, to Gerald, a mechanic, and Betty Franklin, a homemaker. ![]() ![]() Drawing upon his personal experience growing up and working in Alabama, Franklin sets his books in the rural South, which he portrays as rife with conflict and violence. Thomas Gerald Franklin (1963- ) is the author of three novels and a collection of short stories. ![]()
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