Sean Dietrich is a columnist and novelist known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Good Grit, the Tallahassee Democrat, South Magazine, The Bitter Southerner, Thom Magazine, the Birmingham News, and the Mobile Press Register. He has authored twelve books.

A mediocre sailor and fisherman, a biscuit connoisseur, and a barbecue competition judge when he's not writing, he spends much of his time aboard his fourteen-foot fishing boat (the SS Squirrel) along with his coonhound, Thelma Lou. Visit Sean online at seandietrich.com; Instagram: @seanofthesouth; Facebook: @seanofthesouth; Twitter @seanofthesouth1.