T.C. BOYLE

T. Coraghessan Boyle’s seventeen works of fiction include seven short story collections, the most recent of which, Tooth and Claw, was released in September of 2005. He has long been a fan of the Speaking of Stories series, which featured his modern classic, Greasy Lake, in its inaugural performance at the Center Stage Theater, and has performed a number of his stories since. He has twice performed his own pieces for Speaking of Stories, most recently as part of the 2005 season reading Chixulub. For Holiday Chestnuts 2003 performance he donned his black beret and read Beat, his send-up of the Beat Generation.

Mr. Boyle’s stories have appeared in most of the major American magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Esquire, The Paris Review, Playboy and McSweeney’s, and have been included in the annual Best American Short Stories and O. Henry Awards collections. His work has been translated into some two dozen foreign languages and he has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award for his 1987 novel, World’s End, and the PEN/Malamud Prize in short fiction for his 1998 volume of collected stories. He earned his M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and is currently Distinguished Professor of English at USC.  He currently lives in Santa Babrara with his wife and three children.

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