About
Bill Schubart has lived with his family in Vermont since 1947. Educated locally and at Exeter, Kenyon, and the University of Vermont. He is fluent in French language and culture, which he taught before entering communications as an entrepreneur. He co-founded Philo Records and is the author of the highly successful Lamoille Stories (2008), a collection of Vermont tales. His bibliography includes three short story collections and four novels. He has served on many boards and currently chairs the Vermont College of Fine Arts, known for its writing programs. He speaks extensively on the media and the arts, and writes about Vermont in fiction, humor, and opinion pieces. He is also a regular public radio commentator and blogger. He is the great, great nephew of the renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz and lives in Vermont, with his wife Katherine, also a writer.
Bibliography:
The Lamoille Stories: Uncle Benoit’s Wake (short stories)
Fat People (short stories)
Panhead: A Journey Home (novel)
I am Baybie: Based on the true Story of the Rev. Baybie Hoover and her friend Virginia Brown (novel)
http://www.IAmBaybie.com offers readers a gallery of images of the two women and a live sampling of songs they sang on the street.
Photographic Memory (novel)
The Lamoille Stories II
Lila & Theron (novel)
Featured Work
Lila & Theron
Lila & Theron plumbs the depth and triumph of the human spirit immediately immersing us in a world where neighbors and nature are the gifts and love comes with great hardship. Set in rural America and spanning much of the 20th century, Lila & Theron captures the spirit of the American experience.
‘Thelma dies at nineteen giving birth to a son, Theron. When the son first meets his father, he learns his mother’s death is his fault and can only muster the question, “How did she die?”
Looking away, the father mutters, “She died givin’ birth ta you. An’ I lost all her help and comforts.”
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- IBPA Benjamin Franklin 2d Place for Popular Fiction 2017
