Road To Abilene

Lawton Cook was born and raised in Corsicana, Texas, and completed his undergraduate studies in English at Texas A&M University in College Station. He is a recent graduate of the MFA program at Texas State University, where he spent his three years writing and rewriting his still in-progress novel. He is coming to the end of his position with the Center for the Study of the Southwest where he has served as Editorial Fellow for the past two years. He and his wife currently live in Austin where he is continuing to pursue his writing.