Raymond L. Atkins

Raymond L. Atkins is a reputed and award-winning American writer, who is famous for writing Southern fiction, paranormal, mystery, and humor stories. He has penned several mind-blowing standalone novels, including Sorrow Wood, Sweetwater Blues, Front Porch Prophet, Camp Redemption, etc. Atkins was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on August 27, 1955, and currently lives in Rome, Georgia. He attempted to write his first short story when he was in the third grade. However, he received a poor grade for it from his teacher as he was assigned to write a story about Christopher Columbus and he wrote a piece on science fiction. Atkins’ father was a military man all his career, but he lived in Valley Head, Alabama for a majority of his teenage years. He often jokes that people could consider him a Southerner by preference. At the age of 19, Atkins met and married his better half. He has been blessed with 4 children. In the years following their marriage, Atkins and his wife supported each other through the college years. He studied at Shorter University’s Floyd Junior College and then at Kennesaw University.