William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner (1897-1962) is a celebrated twentieth-century American author. Much of his work is set in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent much of his life. In 1949, he won the Nobel Prizein Literature. He is best known for his novels The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Light in August. Read More Read Less