Ronald Lyman Fair (born October 27, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American writer known for his experimental and versatile literary forms, and is also a sculptor. He is best known for his 1966 novel Hog Butcher, set in 1960s' Chicago. This was the basis of the 1975 film Cornbread, Earl and Me. The cast included Rosalind Cash and Laurence Fishburne. Relocating to Finland, Fair began sculpting in 1977. In December 1980 he became "born again", thereafter becoming a "Christian writer" and founder of the International Orphans' Assistance Association.