T. Coraghessan Boyle

T. Coraghessan Boyle , also known as T.C. Boyle, is an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer.

Born in 1948, he has published eighteen novels and twelve short story collections since the late 1970s.

Boyle won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988 for his novel "World's End." He has been a Professor of English at the University of Southern California since 1978, where he founded the undergraduate creative writing program.

Boyle grew up in the Hudson Valley, which he often fictionalizes in his work.

He changed his middle name to Coraghessan at 17 and used it exclusively for much of his career, though he now also goes by T.C. Boyle.