| Chase | Andrews | The Victim. Deceased. |
| Patti Love | Andrews | Chase's mother. |
| Pearl | Andrews | Chase's widow. |
| Sam | Andrews | Chase's father. |
| Miss | Arial | A teacher in 2nd grade. Kya's teacher. |
| Dr. | Blum | Kya's employer. |
| Eric | Chastain | The prosecuting lawyer. |
| Amanda M. | Clark | Kya's sister. Aka:
Mandy. |
| Catherine D. | Clark | Protagonist. Aka:
Kya, Marsh Girl. |
| Jackson H. | Clark | Kya's father. Aka: Jake, Pa. |
| Jeremy A. | Clark | Kya's closest brother. |
| Libby | Clark | Jodie's wife. |
| Mary Helen | Clark | Kya's sister. |
| Mindy | Clark | Jodie and Libby's daughter. |
| Mr. Napier | Clark | Kya's grandfather. |
| Napier M. | Clark | Kya's older brother. Aka: Murph. |
| Murph | Clark (2) | Jodie and Libby's son. |
| Dr. Steward | Cone | The coroner. |
| Mrs. Sally | Culpepper | The truant officer. |
| Robert | Foster | Kya's editor. |
| Mr. | Furlough | A receptionist at the motel. A witness. |
| Amanda | Hamilton | Kya Clark pseudonym
used to publish her poems. |
| Mrs. | Hines | The librarian. |
| Elsie | Horn | Rodney's wife. |
| Rodney | Horn | The retired mechanic. |
| Allen | Hunt | Tim O'Neal's shrimper crew. |
| Ed | Jackson | The town's sheriff. |
| Julienne M. | Jacques | Kya's mother. Aka: Ma. |
| Hank | Jones | The Bailiff. |
| Henrietta | Jones | Hank's daughter. |
| John | King | A bus driver. A witness. |
| Archbald | Lab | A man who offered Kya a job. |
| Johnny | Lane | Owner of a gas station. |
| Aldo | Leopold | Kya's favorite author. |
| Steve | Long | Benji's friend. 10-year-old who found the dead body of Chase. |
| Rose | Mary | Maria's sister. Kya's aunt. |
| Benji | Mason | Steve's friend. 10-year-old who found the dead body of Chase. |
| Hal | Miller | Tim O'Neal's shrimper crew. |
| Tom | Milton | Kya's lawyer. |
| Vern | Murphy | The town's only physician. |
| Tim | O'Neal | Hal's boss. Owner of a shrimping business. |
| Larry | Price | A bus driver. A witness. |
| Pansy | Price | The saleslady in Fabric and Notions at Five and Dime. |
| Joe | Purdue | The town's deputy sheriff. |
| Judge Harold | Sims | The judge at the Chase Andrews case. |
| Mrs. Sarah | Singletary | The checkout lady at Piggly Wiggly grocery store. |
| Denny | Smith | Rodney's fishing pal. |
| Jim-Bo | Sweeney | Owner-cook of Barkley Cove diner. |
| Mr. | Tomlinson | Owner of a buster brown shoe shop. |
| Carianne | Walker | Tate's sister. |
| Scupper | Walker | Tate's father. A shrimper. |
| Tate | Walker | Kya's boyfriend. Scupper's son. |
| Meryl Lynn | White | Teresa's daughter. |
| Teresa | White | The methodist teacher's wife. |
| Betty | | A waitress. |
| Bryan | | Chase's friend. |
| Cooper | | A hawk owner. |
| Daist | | Jumpin's dead baby. |
| Jacob | | The prison guard. |
| Jerry | | The fix-it man. |
| Jumpin | | Owner of a boat gas station. |
| Mabel | | Jumpin's wife. |
| Tina | | Chase's friend. |
