(COLUMBIA, SC) George Singleton -- author of Why Dogs Chase Cars, The Half-Mammals of Dixie, These People Are Us, and soon-to-be-published Novel -- will serve as a visiting writer at Columbia College on Tuesday, March 22.

At 1:30 p.m., he will speak to an American Literature class in Breed Leadership Center Room 102, and at 7:00 p.m., he will give a public reading in Breed 201-202.

Both events are free and open to the public.  The 7:00 reading will be followed by a book signing, with copies of Singleton's books available for purchase from The Happy Bookseller.

A native of Greenwood, S.C., and a graduate of Furman University, Singleton holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He has taught English and creative writing at both the high school and college levels. He currently teaches fiction writing at the S.C. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, S.C. His short stories have appeared in numerous regional and national magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Playboy, Book, Zoetrope, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, The North American Review, and Shenandoah.