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Date Of BirthDecember 2, 1948
SpouseKaren Kvashay


Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, better known as T.C. Boyle and born on December 2, 1948, is an American novelist and short story writer. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. His novels include World’s End (1987), The Road to Wellville (1993), The Tortilla Curtain (1995), Riven Rock (1998), A Friend of the Earth (2000), Drop City (2003), The Inner Circle (2004), Talk Talk (2006), The Women (2009), When the Killing’s Done (2011), San Miguel (2012), The Harder They Come (2015), and The Terranauts (2016). He won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988 for World’s End and the Prix Médicis étranger in 2002 for The Tortilla Curtain.

Boyle was born in Peekskill, New York, the son of Peggy (née Leonard) and Francis Xavier Boyle. His father was of Irish descent and his mother was of German and Irish ancestry. He was raised a Catholic. He attended the State University of New York at Potsdam and graduated with a B.A. in English in 1970. He received an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 1974.

Boyle’s novels include World’s End (1987), The Road to Wellville (1993), The Tortilla Curtain (1995), Riven Rock (1998), A Friend of the Earth (2000), Drop City (2003), The Inner Circle (2004), Talk Talk (2006), The Women (2009), When the Killing’s Done (2011), San Miguel (2012), The Harder They Come (2015), and The Terranauts (2016). He won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988 for World’s End and the Prix Médicis étranger in 2002 for The Tortilla Curtain.

Boyle has been married four times: first to Kathryn Doyle with whom he has two sons, then to Karen Kvashay with whom he has a daughter, then to Shelley Boyle with whom he has a son, and currently to Alison Taylor with whom he has two daughters.

General Info

Full NameT. C. Boyle
Date Of BirthDecember 2, 1948
ProfessionAuthor, Novelist
EducationUniversity of Iowa, State University of New York at Potsdam, Iowa Writers' Workshop
NationalityAmerican

Family

SpouseKaren Kvashay

Accomplishments

AwardsPEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, PEN/Malamud Award, Prix Médicis étranger, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
NominationsNational Book Award for Fiction
MoviesThe Lie, The Road to Wellville
TV ShowsSex: The Revolution

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Movies

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Lie2011/Ishort story
The Big Garage2007Short short story
Chicxulub2006Short short story
Killing Babies2002Short story
The Road to Wellville1994novel "Road to Wellville"
Budding ProspectsTV Movie based on the book by post-production

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Passion of Yeats2016Documentary
Tavis Smiley2011-2015TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher2011TV SeriesHimself
T.C. Boyle - Die Schönheit der Sucht2009TV Movie documentaryHimself (as T.C. Boyle)
Sex: The Revolution2008TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
TC Boyle: The Art of the Story2008Video shortHimself (as T.C. Boyle)
TV total2005TV SeriesHimself
American Experience2005TV Series documentaryHimself
Late Night with David Letterman1990TV SeriesHimself

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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