Author: James Dickey
Born: 2 February 1923
Died: 19 January 1997
Bio: James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. 
He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. 
He also received the Order of the South award.

Dickey is best known for his novel Deliverance (1970), which was adapted into the acclaimed 1972 film of the same name.