Charles Portis (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Charles McColl Portis is a master of the short novel and of the independent life. Indeed, it was because he asserted his independence when he abandoned a promising journalistic career to return to his home state and follow his own inclinations that he was able to turn to writing fiction. His parents were Samuel Palmer Portis, a lawyer’s son, who had moved from Alabama to become a school superintendent in Arkansas, and Alice (Waddell) Portis, an Arkansas native, the daughter of a Methodist clergyman, and a poet. Charles Portis grew up in the southern Arkansas towns of El Dorado, Mount...
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