He then enrolled in Appalachian State University's graduate program. It was there Frazier met a fellow student, Katherine. They married in 1976. For the next fifteen years, Frazier taught literature at the University of Colorado and earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of South Carolina, before returning to North Carolina.
During this time Frazier also traveled extensively in South America. In 1985, Frazier and coauthor Donald Secreast published Adventuring in the Andes. This nonfiction travel advice book featured information on native cuisine, hotels, and hiking trails, as well as warnings about possible island diseases. A reviewer in Kliatt called the book "excellent" and "invaluable," and Harold M. Otness, writing in Library Journal, felt it was "a fine choice for travel collections." Over the next five years, Frazier continued teaching and traveling. Yet it wasn't a trip overseas that inspired Frazier's turn to fiction, but a trip to his grandparents' home at Cold Mountain, North Carolina, where he learned a piece of family history.
Walking The Long Path to Cold Mountain
Frazier grew up in the rural culture of North Carolina.
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