Watt Key
Get notified whenever this star has news
Browse by day
Who is this?
Albert Watkins Key Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key and Albert Key, is an American fiction author who is known for writing young-adult survival fiction. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received a 2006 Parents' Choice Award. Alabama Moon has been translated and published in eight languages. In 2015 Alabama Moon was listed by TIME Magazine as one of the top 100 young-adult books of all time. Alabama Moon was made into a 2009 feature film starring John Goodman.
Career
- 1970Born
- 2007Won E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Middle Readers
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Tuscaloosa
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: writer, children's writer, novelist
What happened recently
Don Noble Book Review: "Among the Swamp People: Life in Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw Delta" By Watt Key
Red Clay Readers: 'Alabama Moon' author Watt Key talks about writing through rejection, becoming screenwriter 'by mistake'
John Goodman stars in 'Alabama Moon,' based on book by Mobile's Watt Key (with video)
"Alabama Moon," based on novel by Birmingham-Southern grad Watt Key, opens in theaters in March
'%2F%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D'100'%20y%3D'130'%20font-family%3D'-apple-system%2Csans-serif'%20font-size%3D'80'%20font-weight%3D'900'%20fill%3D'white'%20text-anchor%3D'middle'%3EJA%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E){kind=small}
