Kathryn Tucker Windham is a master storyteller, photographer, and writer from right here in Alabama. She is best known as the author of the Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey series, which first began as a collection of ghost stories from Alabama, and later from various states in the Southeast. Mrs. Windham was born on June 2, 1918 in Selma, Alabama and grew up in nearby Thomasville. She began writing movie reviews for The Thomasville Times at the age of 12, and developed a love of writing and photography. She graduated from Huntingdon College in 1944, and began writing for The Alabama Journal and later The Birmingham News. In 1966, Mrs. Windham discover Jeffrey the ghost who is said to haunt her house. She first became aware of Jeffrey from an image that was captured in a photograph in her home. Jeffrey has become one of the most popular ghosts in the South, and is the inspiration behind her famous "true" ghost story collections. She has since written 24 books, ranging from ghost stories to cookbooks to photography. Kathryn Tucker Windham still resides in Selma, Alabama and was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor in 2003.
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