Kathryn Tucker Windham

Born June 2, 1918, in Selma, Alabama

Kathryn Tucker Windham (June 2, 1918 – ) is a storyteller, author, photographer and journalist. She was born in Selma, Alabama, and was raised in nearby Thomasville.

Windham got her first writing job at the age of 12, reviewing movies for her cousin's small-town newspaper, The Thomasville Times. She earned a B.A. degree from Huntingdon College in 1939. Soon after graduating she became a reporter for the Alabama Journal. Starting in 1944 she worked for The Birmingham News. In 1946 she married Amasa Benjamin Windham, with whom she had three children. In 1956 she went to work at the Selma Times-Journal where she won several Associated Press awards for her writing and photography. A collection of her photographs is on display at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. She currently can be heard each Friday morning on Alabama Public Radio, where she has been writing weekly commentaries for the past 25 years. On August 18, 2003, she was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor, having been nominated by fellow Alabamian, novelist Harper Lee.

The 2004 documentary film, Kathryn: The Story of a Teller, directed by Norton Dill, chronicles Windham's life and varied careers.