Pearson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was a student at North Carolina State University, where he gained a B.A. and M.A. in English. He went on to teach at Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina. He started work on a Ph.D. in Pennsylvania but soon returned to North Carolina, where he worked as a carpenter and a housepainter while he began writing his first two novels
Genres: Mystery
Series
Neely
1. A Short History of a Small Place (1985)
2. Off for the Sweet Hereafter (1986)
3. The Last of How It Was (1987)
4. Call and Response (1989)
5. Glad News of the Natural World (2005)
1. A Short History of a Small Place (1985)
2. Off for the Sweet Hereafter (1986)
3. The Last of How It Was (1987)
4. Call and Response (1989)
5. Glad News of the Natural World (2005)
Novels
The Gospel Hour (1991)
Marketing Planning and Control (1991)
True Cross (2003)
Red Scare (2008)
Jerusalem Gap (2010)
East Jesus South (2014)
Low Lords (2016)
Theory of the Case (2017)
Sleepaway (2019)
Devil Up (2021)
Marketing Planning and Control (1991)
True Cross (2003)
Red Scare (2008)
Jerusalem Gap (2010)
East Jesus South (2014)
Low Lords (2016)
Theory of the Case (2017)
Sleepaway (2019)
Devil Up (2021)
Non fiction
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