Writer William Faulkner, by virtue of subject matter and residence, was most closely affiliated with Mississippi. His family history and local history were deeply intertwined in Oxford, and he spun most of his tales out of that context, creating his own mythical chronicle of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. But he was also associated with Virginia. In the spring of 1957, Faulkner became writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia, and after a second semester in that position in 1958, he purchased a home in Charlottesville. His wife, Estelle, spent much of her time there before and after Faulkner’s death in 1962, and their daughter, Jill, spent her entire adult life and raised her children in Charlottesville.