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T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author of thirty books of fiction, including, most recently, The Harder They Come (2015), The Terranauts (2016), The Relive Box (2017), Outside Looking In (2019), Talk To Me (2021) and I Walk Between the Raindrops (2022).
He received a Ph.D. degree in Nineteenth Century British Literature from the University of Iowa in 1977, his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and his B.A. in English and History from SUNY Potsdam in 1968. He has been a member of the English Department at the University of Southern California since 1978, where he is Distinguished Professor of English.
His work has been translated into more than two dozen foreign languages, including German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, Korean, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Farsi, Croatian, Turkish, Albanian, Vietnamese, Serbian and Slovene.
His stories have appeared in most of the major American magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, The Paris Review, GQ, Antaeus, Granta and McSweeney's, and he has been the recipient of a number of literary awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Prise for best novel of the year (World's End, 1988); the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story (T.C. Boyle Stories, 1999); and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France (The Tortilla Curtain, 1997). He currently lives near Santa Barbara with his wife and three children.
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| Books |
| Fiction |
- Descent of Man. Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1979.
- Water Music. Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1981.
- Budding Prospects. New York: Viking, 1984.
- Greasy Lake. New York: Viking, 1985.
- World's End. New York: Viking, 1987.
- If the River Was Whiskey. New York: Viking, 1989.
- East Is East. New York: Viking, 1990.
- The Road to Wellville. New York: Viking, 1993.
- Without A Hero. New York: Viking, 1994.
- The Tortilla Curtain. New York: Viking, 1995.
- Riven Rock. New York: Viking, 1998.
- T.C. Boyle Stories. New York: Viking, 1998.
- A Friend of the Earth. New York: Viking, 2000.
- After the Plague. New York: Viking, 2001.
- Drop City. New York: Viking, 2003.
- The Inner Circle. New York: Viking, 2004.
- Tooth and Claw. New York: Viking, 2005.
- The Human Fly. New York: Viking, 2005.
- Talk Talk. New York: Viking, 2006.
- The Women. New York: Viking, 2009.
- Wild Child. New York: Viking, 2010.
- When the Killing's Done. New York: Viking, 2011.
- San Miguel. New York: Viking, 2012.
- T.C. Boyle Stories II. New York: Viking, 2013.
- The Harder They Come. New York: Ecco, 2015.
- The Terranauts. New York: Ecco, 2016.
- The Relive Box and Other Stories. New York: Ecco, 2017.
- Outside Looking In. New York: Ecco, 2019.
- Talk To Me. New York: Ecco, 2021.
- I Walk Between the Raindrops. New York: Ecco, 2022.
- Blue Skies. New York: Liveright, 2023.
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| Anthology |
- Doubletakes: Pairs of Contemporary Short Stories, edited by T.C. Boyle & Kerrie Kvashay-Boyle. Boston: Wadsworth, 2003.
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 Awards and Honors |
- Best American Stories selection, 2020, "The Apartment."
- The Jonathan Swift Prize, Zurich, 2017
- Best American Stories selection, 2017, "Are We Not Men?"
- The Mark Twain Voice in American Literature Award, 2016.
- The Robert Kirsch Award from the L.A. Times, 2015.
- The Rea Award in the Short Story, 2014.
- Best American Stories selection, 2014, "The Night of the Satellite," from The New Yorker.
- The Henry David Thoreau Award for excellence in nature writing, 2013.
- The Tortilla Curtain selected for Vienna's Eine Stadt, Ein Buch citywide read, 2013.
- AudioFile Earphones Award for Author Narration, Wild Child and Other Stories, 2010.
- Induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2009.
- Best American Stories selection, 2008 ("Admiral," from Harper's).
- Best American Stories selection, 2007 ("Balto," from The Paris Review).
- National Magazine Award, 2007 ("Wild Child," from McSweeney's).
- Ross Macdonald Award for body of work by a California writer, 2007.
- Audie Prize, 2007, for best audio performance by a writer (The Tortilla Curtain).
- Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medal for Literature, 76th annual awards, 2007 (Talk Talk).
- Evil Companions Literary Award, Denver Public Library, 2007.
- Founder’s Award, Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference, 2006.
- Best American Stories selection, 2004. "Tooth and Claw," from The New Yorker.
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of 9 best books of the year, 2003 (Drop City).
- O. Henry Award, 2003. "Swept Away," from The New Yorker.
- National Book Award Finalist, Drop City, 2003.
- Southern California Booksellers' Association Award for best fiction title of the year, 2002, for After the Plague.
- O.Henry Award, 2001. "The Love of My Life," from The New Yorker.
- The Bernard Malamud Prize in Short Fiction from the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, 1999, for T.C. Boyle Stories, the Collected Stories.
- O.Henry Award, 1999. "The Underground Gardens," from The New Yorker.
- Prix Médicis Étranger, Paris, for the best foreign novel of the year, 1997 (The Tortilla Curtain).
- Best American Stories selection, 1997. "Killing Babies," from The New Yorker.
- Howard D. Vursell Memorial Award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, for prose excellence, 1993.
- Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree, State University of New York, 1991.
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of the 13 best books of the year, 1989 (If the River Was Whiskey).
- PEN Center West Literary Prize, best short story collection of the year, 1989 (If the River Was Whiskey).
- Prix Passion publishers' prize, France, for best novel of the year, 1989 (Water Music).
- O. Henry Award, 1989. "The Ape Lady in Retirement," from The Paris Review.
- Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Literature, best novel of the year, 57th annual awards, 1988 (World's End).
- O. Henry Award, 1988. "Sinking House," from The Atlantic Monthly.
- PEN/Faulkner Award, best novel of the year, 1988, for World's End.
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1988.
- Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of the 16 best books of of the year, 1987 (World's End).
- Commonwealth of California, Silver Medal for Literature, 55th Annual Awards, 1986 (Greasy Lake).
- The Paris Review's John Train Humor Prize, 1984 ("The Hector Quesadilla Story").
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1983.
- The Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, 1981 ("Mungo Among the Moors," excerpt from Water Music).
- The St. Lawrence Award for Fiction, best story collection of the year, 1980 (Descent of Man).
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1977.
- Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines Fiction Award for the Short Story, 1977.
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| Contacts |
| Literary Agent |
| Georges Borchardt, Georges Borchardt, Inc., 137 E. 57th St., N.Y., NY 10022. |
| Film Agent |
| Matthew Snyder, CAA, 2000 Ave. of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067. |
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