The patron saint of American Gothic literature, Flannery O’Connor wrote the award-winning story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and the novel Wise Blood. Growing up in the South had a big impact on O’Connor’s writing: She said herself, “Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.” Savannah, in particular, is known as one of the most haunted places in America. Visiting O’Connor’s childhood home is an important stop on any literary tour.
