Anderson Ferrell is an American novelist. He was the winner of a 1996 Whiting Award for his novel Home for a Day. He is originally from Wilson County, North Carolina. Works Home for the Day Knopf, 1994 Reviews ...Ferrell's mismanaged plot device fails to spoil his novel. His melodious backtracking and sweet-tea atmospherics, along with his catty eye for small-town social distinctions and his keen ear for fence-line gossip, imbue much of Have You Heard with a juicy charm. Like the world at large, though, it would be far better off without gay-baiting politicians and town-square gunfire. References Awards Profile at The Whiting Foundation 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Living people American LGBT novelists American gay writers People from Wilson County, North Carolina Novelists from North Carolina 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century LGBT people