Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines was born on January 15, 1933 in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, USA as Ernest James Gaines. He was a writer, known for A Lesson Before Dying (1999), The Sky Is Gray (1980) and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974). He was married to Dianne Saulney. He died on November 5, 2019 in Oscar, Louisiana.