Two small brick buildings with the sign for the Silver Dew Winery were described by Pat Conroy in his autobiographical book the Water is Wide.
Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, and James Dickey are a few of the authors Spielman shot for the book.
Novelist Pat Conroy used his father as the inspiration for the fictitious character Marine Lt. Col. "Bull" Meechum in The Great Santini.
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In 2002, Stephen King, who had also experienced a life-threatening auto accident, organized a benefit for Muller with Pat Conroy, John Grisham, and Peter Straub.
UNC-Chapel Hill presents the annual Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture each October at the time of Wolfe's birthday to a contemporary writer, with past recipients including Roy Blount, Jr., Robert Morgan, and Pat Conroy.