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The Author. Tall, blue-eyed Eudora Welty, a spinster of 37, has never lived in the Delta country ("It just seemed . . . a good place for the events to happen."). Daughter of an insurance company executive, she was born, bred, and still lives in Jackson, Miss., where she quietly passes her time writing, painting and photographing. She also likes flowers and "soft music, classical music, as well as dance music—and triumphant bursts of music." She is a member of the Junior League.