John Ehle

John Marsden Ehle, Jr. (December 13, 1925 – March 24, 2018) was an American novelist. He was known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. He wrote the screenplay of The Journey of August King, a movie that is based on his book. He was known for his book The Winter People (1982) and Last One Home (1984).

Ehle died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 24, 2018 of congestive heart failure at the age of 92.

References

Other websites
 Inventory of the John Ehle Papers, 1942-1993, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
 Biography of John Ehle at the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame


Category:1925 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:American military personnel of World War II
Category:American novelists
Category:American screenwriters
Category:Writers from North Carolina
Category:People from Asheville, North Carolina