Robert Dalby, Mississippi Writer of Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly, Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly, O Bed! 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O Breakfast! </strong></em>Genesis Press 2000</li> <li><em><strong><b><i>Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly</i></b></strong></em> Putnam Publishing Group 2006</li> <li><em><strong>Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly</strong></em> Putnam Publishing Group 2005<img src="dalby/kissingbabiesuse.jpg" alt="Kissing babies" width="120" height="183" hspace="6" vspace="6" border="2" align="right"></li> </ul> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">----------------------------------------------------------</font></p> <p><a name="biography"></a><span class="sections">Biography of Robert Dalby</span><br> <font color="#006666">By --(SHS)</font></p> <p>Robert Dalby was born in Natchez, Mississippi, to a large Southern family. He grew up in Natchez and then obtained a B.A. at the "University of the South" (Sewanee). He now lives in Oxford, Mississippi. To date, he has published four novels including <em><strong>God of the Door</strong></em>, <strong><em>O Bed! O Breakfast!</em></strong> <em><strong>Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly</strong></em> and <strong>Kissing Babies at the Piggly Wiggly. </strong>He is currently working on the third in the Piggly Wiggly series.</p> <div><a href="#top" class="small">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE</a></div> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></p> <p><a name="review"></a><span class="sections">A Review of <font color="#006666"></font></span><font color="#006666"><img src="dalby/waltzing22jpg.jpg" alt="Waltzing at the Piggle Wiggly" width="120" height="180" hspace="6" vspace="6" border="2" align="right"><br> by (SHS)</font></p> <p> <b><i>Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly</i></b></p> <p> <a href="#top" class="small">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE</a></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></p> <p><a name="interview"></a><span class="sections">Interview with Robert Dalby<font color="#006666"></font></span><font color="#006666"><br> by -------(SHS)</font></p> <p> </p> <blockquote><img src="dalby/OBed.jpg" alt="O Bed!" width="79" height="125" hspace="6" vspace="6" border="2" align="left"></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b></b></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p><b></b></p> </blockquote> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> </p> </blockquote> <div><a href="#top" class="small">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE</a></div> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font> </p> <p><a name="websites" id="websites"></a><span class="sections">Related Websites</span></p> <p><a href="http://southernauthors.blogspot.com/2007/10/meet-author-robert-dalby.html">Robert Dalby blogs about his life.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.curledup.com/waltzpig.htm">Book review of <em><strong>Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly</strong></em>.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=9780399153679&atch=h&utm_content=You%20Might%20Also%20Like">Powell's Books reviews of <em><strong>Waltzing at the </strong></em></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781585710218-0">Info about Dalby's <em><strong>O Bed! O Breakfast!</strong></em> published by</a> Genesis Press. </p> <p><a href="http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/2006/10/dancing-in-streets.html">The Pulpwood Queen Blog talks about <strong><em>Waltzing at the </em></strong><em><strong>Piggly</strong></em></a><em><strong> Wiggly</strong></em> and her memories.</p> <p><a href="http://lemuriabooks.blogspot.com/2007/08/meet-robert-dalby.html">Lemuria Books in Jackson asks Dalby five question</a>s.</p> <div><a href="#top" class="small">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE</a></div> <p><a href="#top" class="small"></a><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></p> <p><a name="bibliography" id="bibliography"></a><span class="sections">Bibliography</span></p> <p><i>The</i></p> <p><a href="#top" class="small">RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE</a></p> <p></p> <p align="center"><a href="#top" class="small"></a> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">--------------------------------------------------------</font> </p> <div><a href="../index.html" class="small">RETURN TO MISSISSIPPI WRITERS MAIN PAGE</a><br> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td bgcolor="#c1d7c4" width="142"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="3" width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><br> <a href="#works">Major Works</a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="#biography">Biography </a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="#review">Review</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><a href="#interview">Interview</a></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="#websites">Related Websites</a> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="#bibliography">Bibliography</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"></div> <div align="center">-----------------<br> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="index.html">Mississippi Writers </a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="../musicians/index.html">Mississippi Musicians</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="../actors/index.html">Mississippi Actors</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="../artists/index.html">Mississippi Artists</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div align="center"><a href="../index.html">Home</a></div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr height="2"> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#669999" height="5"><font color="#669999" size="-3">t</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" width="740"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="731"><div align="center"> <p> March 20,2008<br> <font color="#333333">This site is maintained and edited by<strong> <script type="text/javascript">email("nnj1","ra.msstate","edu","Nancy Jacobs")</script> </strong>. 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