Mark Childress

When Mark Childress wrote “Crazy in Alabama,” Sen. Tim Scott wasn’t just whistling Dixie!

Willie Nelson

Crazy was written by Willie Nelson, whose version of the song was first heard by Dick.

Rita Williams-Garcia

The Coretta Scott King Award–winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.

Writer William Bradford Huie

Writer William Bradford Huie writes both screenplays and novels (and Writer William Bradford Huie actually wrote the screenplay for the movie adaptation of one of Writer William Bradford Huie's novels, Crazy in Alabama).

Billy Bobbity

All Billy Bobbity wrote the screenplay for the Columbia Pictures film Crazy in Alabama, directed by Antonio Banderas and starring Melanie Griffith, an official selection of the Venice and San Sebastian film festivals in 1999.

International bestselling author Erin Lee

International bestselling author Erin Lee is the author of Crazy

Carl and Bob Russell

Best of all, Carl and Bob Russell penned “Crazy

both MUMFORD , written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and CRAZY IN ALABAMA, directed by Antonio Banderas

In 1999 Goldstein Knowlton produced both MUMFORD, written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and CRAZY IN ALABAMA, directed by Antonio Banderas.

Lefty Frizzell

Besides Lefty Frizzell's own hits, Lefty Frizzell penned “Crazy” for Patsy Cline, “Night Life” for Ray Price and “Hello Walls” for Faron Young.

Kate Campbell

Kate Campbell sang “Crazy in Alabama,” one of Kate Campbell's best-selling songs, about a young girl’s confusion over the civil rights movement as marchers parade past Kate Campbell's home and promised to perform more tracks, such as “When Panthers Roamed in Arkansas” or “See Rock City,” about a young Southern woman’s need to escape, at the concert scheduled to follow the lecture.

Lee outside the wrestling ring

Lee outside the wrestling ring is the author of Crazy

Diane HurleyDendrie TaylorSuzanne Turnerand John Vargas , , , ), Life (1999, with Ned Vaughn, Kenneth White, Leonard O. Turner, Clarence Williams III, and Kimble Jemison),

Diane Hurley, Dendrie Taylor, Suzanne Turner, and John Vargas), Life (1999, with Ned Vaughn, Kenneth White, Leonard O. Turner, Clarence Williams III, and Kimble Jemison), Crazy in Alabama (1999, with John Fleck, Holmes R. Osborne, Tom McCleister, Tony Amendola, and Lance Spellerberg), The Story of Us (1999, with Victor Raider Wexler and Daniel Asa Henson).