Forrest Carter

About the Author

Forrest Carter was the pen name of Asa Earl Carter, an American segregationist speechwriter, Ku Klux Clan leader turned author of Western novels. Carter was born the second child of Hermione and Ralph Carter in Anniston Alabama in 1925. He attended the Calhoun County High School and went on to serve in the American Navy during the Second World War. He would later study journalism at the University of Colorado and marry his childhood sweetheart India Thelma, while living in Birmingham, Alabama. Given his journalism degree, he found a job in a Birmingham radio station WILD, where he made a name for himself for spewing vile racist and anti-Semitic speeches to a receptive audience. He also served as writer and publisher of The Southerner, a white supremacist magazine. Carter was one of the fou. Forrest Carter is the author of over 4 books across 3 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Josey Wales Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Forrest Carter has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.