Nanci Pierce Kincaid (born September 5, 1950) is an American

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while othe ...

who wrote a short story collection titled ''Pretending the Bed Is a Raft'' (1997), as well as novels ''Crossing Blood'' (1991), ''Balls'' (1999), ''Verbena'' (2002), and ''As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me'' (2005). The film '' My Life Without Me'' was based on the title story in ''Pretending the Bed Is a Raft''. Her most recent novel is "Eat, Drink, and be from Mississippi" (Little, Brown, 2009).

Early life and education

Born Nanci Pierce in

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, Kincaid grew up in

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and graduated from Huguenot High School in 1968. After attending

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and the

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, Kincaid completed her B.A. at Athens State College (now Athens State University) in 1987. In 1991, Kincaid completed a

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degree at the

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Personal life

She was previously married to former

and

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football coach

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. In 1997, Kincaid married college football coach Dick Tomey; their marriage lasted until Tomey's death in 2019. They had four children and five grandchildren. With Tomey, Kincaid lived in

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;

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; and

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References

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