Asheville, North Carolina - Asheville in Fiction

Asheville in Fiction

• The character Harrison Shepherd, the narrator and protagonist of Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Lacuna lived in Asheville.
• Asheville is featured as a location in the novel One Second After by William R. Forstchen (who lives in the area).
• Asheville is the place Natalie, the heroine in the novel Joshua Spassky by Gwendoline Riley, visits to meet the eponymous hero. She is an admirer of F. Scott Fitzgerald and fascinated by Zelda Fitzgerald who died in a fire at the Highland hospital in Asheville.