Anne Rivers Siddons (b. 1936) York, Lamar Siddons, Anne Rivers Authors, American--South Carolina--Charleston Women authors, American--South Carolina--Charleston Novelists, American--South Carolina--Charleston Women novelists, American--South Carolina--Charleston Encyclopedia article about Anne Rivers Siddons. Though all of her eighteen books have been set in Georgia or concern southerners living elsewhere, Anne Rivers Siddons is best known for books about Atlanta and its environs. Two novels, Homeplace (1987) and Nora, Nora (2000), take place in a fictionalized version of Fairburn, her hometown, in Fulton County. She is also the author of two books of nonfiction, Go Straight on Peachtree (1978), a McDonald City Guide to Atlanta, and John Chancellor Makes Me Cry (1975), a series of essays patterned around the changing seasons in Atlanta. Most important, her novel Downtown (1994) recreates her early career as a writer and editor for Atlanta magazine. Her most commercially successful book, Peachtree Road (1989), portrays modern Atlanta's white elite on the eve of the civil rights era. [Athens, Ga.] : Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Georgia Humanities Council University of Georgia. Press Merrill-Hall New Media GALILEO (Georgia statewide project) 2002-07-18 Articles http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-532 System requirements: Quicktime plug-in required for audio and video clips. Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. If you wish to use content from the NGE site for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, you must request and receive written permission from the NGE. Such requests may be directed to: Permissions/NGE, University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602. Cite as: "Anne Rivers Siddons (b. 1936)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.