Question: Who wrote a novel named after the most famous peak in the Great Balsam Mountains?

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Richland Balsam: Richland Balsam is a mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  Rising to an elevation of 6410 ft , it is the highest mountain in the Great Balsam range and is among the 20 highest summits in the Appalachian range.  The Blue Ridge Parkway reaches an elevation of 6053 ft — the parkway's highest point— as it passes over Richland Balsam's southwestern slope.  The Jackson County-Haywood County line crosses the mountain's summit.

Shining Rock: Shining Rock is a mountain in western North Carolina.  The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.  It is the 38th tallest mountain in the eastern United States.

Balsam Gap: Balsam Gap (el.  3316 ft ) is a mountain pass between the Plott Balsam Range to the northwest and the Great Balsam Mountains to the southeast on the county line dividing Haywood and Jackson counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

Cold Mountain (novel): Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S.

Tanasee Bald: Tanasee Bald, also called Tennessee Bald, is a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina, on the Haywood/Transylvania border.  It is 5561 feet high.  It is in the Great Balsam Mountains within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian Mountains

Black Balsam Knob: Black Balsam Knob, also known as Black Balsam Bald, is in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, near milepost 420 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains.  The Great Balsams are within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian Mountains.  It is the 23rd highest of the 40 mountains in North Carolina over 6000 feet.

Cold Mountain (North Carolina): Cold Mountain falls in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States.  The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains.  Cold Mountain and the Shining Rock Wilderness surrounding it are part of Pisgah National Forest.

Great Balsam Mountains: The Great Balsam Mountains, or Balsam Mountains, are in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States.  The Great Balsams are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which in turn are a part of the Appalachian Mountains.  The most famous peak in the Great Balsam range is Cold Mountain, which is the centerpiece of author Charles Frazier's bestselling novel "Cold Mountain".

Demirkazık Peak: Demirkazık Peak (Turkish: "Demirkazık Dağı" ) is a summit in Aladağlar a portion of Toros Mountains, Turkey.  ("Demirkazık", literally "iron post" is the name of several summits in Turkey) Administratively, it is a part of Çamardı ilçe (district) of Niğde Province at .  Turkish Geography Atlas gives its altitude as 3756 m .  Being a conical mountain, it is a famous peak among the mountaineers.  However, it may not be the highest point of the mountain range.

Plott Balsams: The Plott Balsams are a mountain range in western North Carolina, in the southeastern United States.  They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.  The Plott Balsams stretch from the city of Sylva in the Tuckasegee River valley to the southwest to Maggie Valley in the northeast.  The Great Smoky Mountains border the Plott Balsams to the north and the Great Balsam Mountains border the range to the south.  The range comprises parts of Jackson County and Haywood County.

Supporting paragraphs: Great Balsam Mountains Cold Mountain (novel)
Answer: Charles Frazier