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title: "4 T. R. Pearson Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# T. R. Pearson

(1956)   Novelist

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T. R. Pearson is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About T. R. Pearson

Born January 1, 1956

Profession Novelist

## About T. R. Pearson

American writer... \| Thomas Reid Pearson is an American writer. Pearson also writes crime fiction under the pen name Rick Gavin.

##  Quotes by T. R. Pearson

> [“They were the Epperson sisters, and they had distinguished themselves in the minds of the Neelyites by going from reasonably normal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-pearson-2/they-were-the-epperson-sisters-and-they-had-distinguished-themselves/)

T. R. Pearson

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/t-r-pearson-2-71690_insane_they-were-the-epperson-sisters-and-they_255885.jpg)

> [A seamlessly told and scrupulously detailed history of the Hartsoe clan of Haw County, North Carolina, Love and Lament is that rare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-pearson-2/a-seamlessly-told-and-scrupulously-detailed-history-of-the-hartsoe/)

T. R. Pearson

[Carolina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carolina/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/t-r-pearson-2-71690_carolina_a-seamlessly-told-and-scrupulously-detai_720704.jpg)

> [For most people who write, writing is a compulsion. If I could be healed of it, I would, and I think a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-pearson-2/for-most-people-who-write-writing-is-a-compulsion-if-i-could-be/)

T. R. Pearson

[Compulsion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compulsion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/t-r-pearson-2-71690_compulsion_for-most-people-who-write-writing-is-a-c_1023838.jpg)

> [There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-pearson-2/there-is-a-difference-between-writing-and-being-an-author-authors/)

T. R. Pearson

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/t-r-pearson-2-71690_books_there-is-a-difference-between-writing-an_1244352.jpg)

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