Wilton Barnhardt (1960-) is the author of Emma Who Saved My Life (1989), Gospel (1993), and Show World (1999). He teaches fiction writing to undergraduate and graduate students at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he is the director of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Three Graces, here in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, were the goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility in Greek mythology. ... North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Also known as NC State, the university is the principal technological institute of the University of North Carolina. ...