Simpson, Bland

Bland Simpson, who teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is author of "Into the Sound Country" (with photography by Ann Cary Simpson) and "The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey". A member of the Red Clay Ramblers, an internationally acclaimed string band, he has collaborated on such musicals as "Kudzu", "King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running", "Diamond Studs", and "Fool Moon".