(033388) Simpson, Bland. The Grandfathers; Together With Addresses Of Friends On The Occasion Of His Acceptance Of The North Caroliniana Society Award For 2010. Chapel Hill, NC: North Caroliniana Soc., 2010. Limited Ed. Paperback. Thin 8vo. 48 pages. Fine with no DJ. B&W and Color Photographs. This edition is limited to 500 copies of which this is number 066. Printed letter and membership form from the North Caroliniana Society laid in. North Caroliniana Imprints, No. 49. Scarce. Bland Simpson is an American author and pianist from North Carolina. He grew up in Elizabeth City. He has written six books, two of which also feature photography by his wife, conservationist Ann Cary Simpson (Into the Sound Country and Inner Islands). Simpson has become an authority on Eastern North Carolina's mysteries, geography and culture. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having taught since 1982 (Simpson, Bland, Awards)