Charming Georgia Town a Treat for ‘Flanatics’ of Celebrated Southern Writer O’Connor

Andalusia farm gave O'Connor the environment to write her books.

Milledgeville was Georgia's capital from 1807 until 1868, when it moved to Atlanta. The Old Governor's Mansion and state legislative chambers are open for public tours. The town where Flannery O'Connor did much of her writing is getting attention due to Ethan Hawke's new movie "Wildcat" a 2023 biopic that brings O'Connor to life and rolls out nationally in May. Explore Georgia/TNS

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.—When the Savannah-born Flannery O’Connor, widely regarded as the queen of Southern Gothic literature, moved home to Georgia from Connecticut in 1951, she was diagnosed with lupus, an incurable, crippling autoimmune disease. Her mother brought the then 25-year-old to live with her at Andalusia, the family farm just north of Milledgeville, a town of some 17,000 in the heart of Georgia’s lake country.