Editing Pat Conroy (section)

{{Short description|American novelist (1945–2016)}}
{{other people}}
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{{Infobox writer
| image             = Pat Conroy (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Conroy in 2013
| pseudonym         = 
| birth_name        = Donald Patrick Conroy
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1945|10|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2016|3|4|1945|10|25}}
| death_place       = [[Beaufort, South Carolina]], U.S.
| occupation        = Novelist
| period            = 1970–2016
| genre             = {{Plain list|
*Literary fiction
*nonfiction
| Spouse            = Novelist Cassandra King 
}}
| website           = {{URL|http://patconroy.com/}}
| signature    = PatConroySig.png
}}

'''Donald Patrick Conroy''' (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed [[novel]]s and [[memoir]]s; his books ''[[The Water Is Wide (book)|The Water is Wide]]'', ''[[The Lords of Discipline]]'', ''[[The Prince of Tides (novel)|The Prince of Tides]]'' and ''[[The Great Santini (novel)|The Great Santini]]'' were made into films, the last two being nominated for Oscars. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th-century [[Southern literature|American Southern literature]].<ref name="folks">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/southernwritersa0000folk |url-access=registration |quote=southern narrative. |last1=Folks |first1=Jeffrey J. |last2=Perkins |first2=James A. |title=Southern Writers at Century's End |page=[https://archive.org/details/southernwritersa0000folk/page/1 1] |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |year=1997 |isbn=9780813130972 |access-date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>