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Christopher Tilghman

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Christopher Tilghman
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Notable awardsWhiting Award

Christopher Tilghman is an American novelist and short story writer.

Life

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He graduated from Yale University. He served three years in the Navy. He worked at a sawmill in New Hampshire, moved back to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a corporate copywriter and journalist. He edited Ploughshares.[1] He lived with his wife and three sons in rural Massachusetts.[2]

He teaches at the University of Virginia[3] and the Napa Writers' Conference.[4]

Awards

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Works

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Books

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  • In a Father's Place: Stories. HarperPerennial. ISBN 978-0-06-097383-4. (reprint 1991)
  • Mason's Retreat. Random House. 1996. ISBN 978-0-679-42712-4.
  • The Way People Run: Stories. Random House. 1999. ISBN 978-0-679-44971-3.
  • Roads of the Heart. Random House, Inc. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8129-7431-7.
  • The Right-Hand Shore. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2012. ISBN 978-0-374-20348-1.
  • Thomas and Beal in the Midi. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. ISBN 978-0-374-27652-2.

Stories

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References

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  1. ^ "Read By Author". pshares.org. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Christopher Tilghman". randomhouse.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Faculty". virginia.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Faculty (2007)". napawritersconf.org. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Christopher Tilghman". gf.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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