▁an ▁American ▁writer ▁based ▁in ▁Lub bo ck , ▁Texas , ▁who ▁has ▁author ed ▁The ▁Ac orn ▁St ories , ▁D eg ran on : ▁A ▁Science ▁F iction ▁Advent ure , ▁Hold ing ▁Me ▁T ogether , ▁The ▁Return ▁of ▁In noc ence ▁( with ▁T oni ▁Davis ), ▁and ▁New ▁Read ings ▁of ▁W ines burg , ▁Ohio , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁Sher wood ▁Anderson ▁classic . ▁He ▁edited ▁and ▁co - w rote ▁the ▁spin - off ▁The ▁Ac orn ▁G ather ing ▁and ▁don ated ▁the ▁roy alt ies ▁of ▁that ▁work ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Can cer ▁Society . ▁" Ac orn " ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁fict it ious ▁town ▁somewhere ▁in ▁isolated ▁west ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Sim ol ke ▁( pr on ounced ▁S MO K Y ) ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans . ▁His ▁father ▁was ▁Frederick ▁J . ▁" P ete " ▁Sim ol ke ▁( 1 9 3 8 – 2 0 0 1 ). ▁" P ete " ▁had ▁a ▁tw in ▁brother , ▁Carl ▁Wayne ▁Sim ol ke ▁( 1 9 3 8 – 2 0 0 6 ) ▁of ▁Sh re ve port . ▁Sim ol ke ' s ▁pat ernal ▁grand par ents ▁were ▁Frederick ▁" P appy " ▁Sim ol ke ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁Matt ie ▁Brown . ▁Sim ol ke ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁M inden ▁in ▁Web ster ▁Par ish ▁in ▁North ▁Louisiana . ▁He ▁attended ▁a ▁Bapt ist ▁Church ▁and ▁graduated ▁from ▁M inden ▁High ▁School