James Kilgo (1941-2002) was an American essayist and novelist, known for writing about nature.
[1][2] In 1967, Kilgo began teaching at the University of Georgia, where he remained until his retirement in 1999.
[3] He released his debut book, an essay collection titled Deep Enough for Ivorybills, with Algonquin Books in 1988,[4] followed by six other non-fiction and fiction texts, including Inheritance of Horses (1994), The Blue Wall (1996), Daughter of My People (1998),[5] The Hand-Carved Creche and other Christmas Memories (1999),[6] The Colors of Africa (2003),[7] and Ossabaw (2004), the last of which were published post-humously.
[8] Kilgo was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2011.
[2] Kilgo died from cancer on December 8, 2002, in Athens, Georgia.