William Faulkner is a well known writer for his winning of the Nobel prize in 1950 "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel". William Faulkner wrote many different kinds of literature, venturing into poetry, play writing, screenwriting, short stories, novels and essays. He was a well rounded writer, and was awarded for this. William Faulkner style is one that we see more often now in our writing. He thought of other worlds and wrote about them. He talks about higher spirits that have helped us along the way. I think this has caused him to become a bigger writer. Now, the dystopian society and supernatural being books are very popular. We all want to see something beyond what we know is true, and William