Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 - May 10, 1990) was trained as a medical doctor but became an author after contracting tuberculosis in 1942.
His works include:
- Lancelot (book), 1977
- The Last Gentleman, 1966
- The Moviegoer, 1961
- Lost in the Cosmos, 1983
- Love in the Ruins, 1971
- The Thanatos Syndrome, 1991
- The Message in the Bottle, 1975
- Signposts in a Strange Land, 1991 (edited and published posthumously)