J. F. Powers

J. F. Powers

James Farl Powers(8 July 1917 Jacksonville, Illinois - 14 June 1999 Collegeville, Minnesota) was an American novelist and short-story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church.

Although his published output was rather slim, Powers' work has long been admired by a devoted band of followers who appreciate his gentle satire and astonishing ability to recreate with a few words the enclosed, but gradually changing world of post-Second World War American Catholicism.

Prince of Darkness and Other Stories appeared in 1947). The Presence of Grace (1956) was a also collection of short stories. Morte d'Urban (1963) was his first novel. look how the Fish Live appeared in 1975 and Wheat that Springeth Green in 1998.