Last month Pat Conroy wrote on Facebook “I celebrated my 70th birthday in October and realized that I’ve spent my whole writing life trying to find out who I am and I don’t believe I’ve even come close.” He also revealed that he had pancreatic cancer. The author of The Great Santini and The Prince of Tides would sell over 20 million copies of books around the world, in a career that spanned 35 years. He just died, or, as his longtime editor and publisher, Nan Talese said in a statement, “The water is wide and he has now passed over.” He spoke with Leonard 3 times over the years, and you can hear those conversations again, now.
On December 29, 2004, Leonard spoke to Pat about his cookbook The Pat Conroy Cookbook
On October 15, 2002, Pat Conroy discussed his book My Losing Season
On June 27, 1995, Pat came on the show to talk about his book Beach Music