Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel Alabama Moon was published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received a 2006 Parents' Choice Award. Key says that growing up relatively isolated in Point Clear, Alabama, a rural area, inspired him to develop his imagination in a way that lead to his decision to write.
Albert Watkins Key, Jr. , publishing under the name Watt Key , is an award-winning southern fiction author. He grew up and currently lives in southern Alabama with his wife and family. Watt spent much of his childhood hunting and fishing the forests of Alabama which inspired his debut novel, ALABAMA MOON, published to national acclaim in 2006. ALABAMA MOON won the 2007 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award and has been translated in seven languages.