An Introduction to Clay’s Quilt

English III

Silas House- Author

Kentucky Native- He lives in Eastern Kentucky, where he was born and raised

From Lily, Kentucky

Is the author of the novels Clay’s Quilt (2001),  A Parchment of Leaves (2002), The Coal Tattoo (2004), and the play The Hurting Part (2005). 

Serves as writer-in-resident at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate,  Tennessee

Clay’s Quilt The story of Clay Sizemore

and his family is the story of anyone who ever grew up wanting to belong  and wanting something to call their own.  After his mother is killed in front of him, Clay gathers all the best people he can to make himself his own family and his own story.  This novel is an ode to storytelling, to family, and to heritage.