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American novelist and short story writer

Thomas Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948) is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid 1970s, he has published nineteen novels and more than 150 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988, for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

Boyle grew up in Peekskill, New York. His name was originally Thomas John Boyle; he changed his middle name to Coraghessan when he was 17 after an ancestor of his mother. 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. 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. His novels include World's End (1987, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction); The Road to Wellville (1993); and The Tortilla Curtain (1995, winner of France's Prix Médicis étranger). Boyle has published eleven 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 frequently appear in the major American magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly and Playboy, as well as on the radio show Selected Shorts.

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

Boyle is married to Karen Kvashay. They have three children and live in Montecito near Santa Barbara, California.

Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines Fiction Award for the Short Story, 1977. National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1977. The St. Lawrence Award for Fiction, best story collection of the year, 1980 (Descent of Man). The Paris Review's Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, 1981 ("Mungo Among the Moors," excerpt from Water Music). National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1983. The Paris Review's John Train Humor Prize, 1984 ("The Hector Quesadilla Story"). Commonwealth of California, Silver Medal for Literature, 55th Annual Awards, 1986 (Greasy Lake). Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of the 16 best books of the year, 1987 (World's End). Guggenheim Fellowship, 1988. PEN/Faulkner Award, best novel of the year, 1988, for World's End. O. Henry Award, 1988. "Sinking House," from The Atlantic Monthly. Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Literature, best novel of the year, 57th annual awards, 1988 (World's End). O. Henry Award, 1989. "The Ape Lady in Retirement," from The Paris Review. Prix Passion publishers' prize, France, for best novel of the year, 1989 (Water Music). PEN Center West Literary Prize, best short story collection of the year, 1989 (If the River Was Whiskey). Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of the 13 best books of the year, 1989 (If the River Was Whiskey). Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree, State University of New York, 1991. Howard D. Vursell Memorial Award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, for prose excellence, 1993. Best American Stories selection, 1997. "Killing Babies," from The New Yorker. Prix Médicis Étranger, Paris, for the best foreign novel of the year, 1997 (The Tortilla Curtain). O. Henry Award, 1999. "The Underground Gardens," 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, 2001. "The Love of My Life," from The New Yorker. Southern California Booksellers' Association Award for best fiction title of the year, 2002, for After the Plague. National Book Award Finalist, Drop City, 2003. O. Henry Award, 2003. "Swept Away," from The New Yorker. Editors' Choice, New York Times Book Review, one of 9 best books of the year, 2003. Best American Stories selection, 2004. "Tooth and Claw," from The New Yorker. Founder's Award, Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, 2006. Evil Companions Literary Award, Denver Public Library, 2007. Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medal for Literature, 76th annual awards, 2007 (Talk Talk). Audie Prize, 2007, for best audio performance by a writer (The Tortilla Curtain). Ross Macdonald Award for body of work by a California writer, 2007. National Magazine Award, 2007 ("Wild Child," from McSweeney's). Best American Stories selection, 2007 ("Balto," from The Paris Review). Best American Stories selection, 2008 ("Admiral," from Harper's). Induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2009. Rea Award for the Short Story, 2014. Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, 2019.

DoubleTakes (2004, co edited with K. Kvashay Boyle)

Boyle's novel The Road to Wellville was adapted into a film in 1994, also titled The Road to Wellville, by writer director Alan Parker. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, Bridget Fonda, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, and Colm Meaney. The film was not well received either critically or financially, and was considered a box office flop and appeared on several critics' worst of the year lists.