T. C. Boyle

T. C. Boyle

T. C. Boyle at the Leipzig Book Fair 2009
Born Thomas John Boyle
(1948-12-02) December 2, 1948
Peekskill, New York United States
Pen name T.C. Boyle
Occupation Author
Nationality American
Alma mater State University of New York at Potsdam (B.A., English and History, 1968)
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A., 1974)
University of Iowa (Ph.D., 1977) [1][2]
Period 1975–
Genre Novels, comic novels
Website
www.tcboyle.com

Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948), is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published fourteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988,[3] for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York.

He is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.[1]

Life

Boyle grew up in Peekskill, New York.[4] His name was originally Thomas John Boyle; he changed his middle name to Coraghessan when he was 17.[5] He received a B.A. in English and History from the State University of New York at Potsdam (1968), an M.F.A. (1974) from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and a Ph.D. (1977) from the University of Iowa.[1][2]

Many of Boyle's novels and short stories explore the baby boom generation, its appetites, joys, and addictions. His themes, such as the often-misguided efforts of the male hero and the slick appeal of the anti-hero, appear alongside brutal satire, humor, and magical realism. His fiction also explores the ruthlessness and the unpredictability of nature and the toll human society unwittingly takes on the environment.[6] His novels include World's End (1987, winner of the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction); The Road to Wellville (1993);[7] and The Tortilla Curtain (1995, winner of France's Prix Médicis étranger).[8]

Boyle has published eight collections of short stories, including Descent of Man (1979), Greasy Lake (1985), If the River was Whiskey (1989), and Without a Hero (1994). His short stories regularly appear in the major American magazines, including The New Yorker,[9] Harper's,[10] Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly and Playboy, as well as on the radio show, Selected Shorts.

Personal life

T.C. Boyle is married to Karen Kvashay and they have three children and lives near Santa Barbara, California.[2]

Boyle has said Gabriel García Márquez is his favorite novelist. He is also a fan of Flannery O’Connor and Robert Coover.[11]

Bibliography


Novels

Short story collections

Edited anthology

Articles

Chronology in Boyle's works

  Time Setting Historical personage in the novel
World's End (1987) Late 17th century, 1949 and 1968 Northern Westchester County near Peekskill, New York
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Water Music (1982) 1795 London, Scotland, and Africa (source of the Niger) Mungo Park
The Road to Wellville (1993) 1907 Battle Creek, Michigan John Harvey Kellogg
Riven Rock (1998) 1905–1925 Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California Stanley McCormick, Katharine McCormick
The Women (2009) Early 20th century up to 1930s Wisconsin Frank Lloyd Wright
The Inner Circle (2004) 1940s–50s Bloomington, Indiana Alfred Kinsey
Drop City (2003) 1970 California, Alaska
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Budding Prospects (1984) 1980s California
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East Is East (1990) 1980s Georgia (American South) Hu Tu Mei
The Tortilla Curtain (1995) 1990s Southern California
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Talk Talk (2006) 2000s California and New York state
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When the Killing's Done (2011) 2000s, 1970s, 1940s California (Channel Islands)
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A Friend of the Earth (2000) late 1980s; 2025–2026 California, Oregon
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The Harder They Come (2015) 2011 Mendocino County, California, including Fort Bragg and Willits
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Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Faculty Profile > USC College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences". College.usc.edu. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile: T.C. Boyle", NNDB
  3. "PEN / Faulkner Foundation Award For Fiction Archive". Penfaulkner.org. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  4. "T Coraghessan Boyle". Albany.edu. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  5. http://www.tcboyle.net/bio.html
  6. "storySouth Non-Fiction". Storysouth.com. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  7. O'Neill, Molly (1993-06-02). "AT BREAKFAST WITH – T. Coraghessan Boyle – Biting the Hand That Once Fed Battle Creek". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  8. "Penguin Reading Guides | The Tortilla Curtain | T. C. Boyle". Us.penguingroup.com. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  9. "authorName:"T. Coraghessan Boyle" : Archive". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  10. "Boyle, T. Coraghessan (Harper's Magazine)". Harpers.org. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  11. "T. C. Boyle: By the Book". T.C. Boyle: By the Book. New York Times: Sunday Book Review. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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