Paula Wall: From Columnist to Novelist

By: E&P Staff Former Universal Press Syndicate humor columnist Paula Wall has written her first novel, "The Rock Orchard."

The best-selling book, from Atria/Simon & Schuster, explores issues such as morality and the responsibility of wealth. It features the Belles, "a family of wanton Southern women."

Wall, who's based in Nashville, has also authored two collections of short stories.