Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff is the author of the novels The Barracks Thief and Old School, the memoirs This Boy’s Life and In Pharaoh’s Army, and the short story collections In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question. His most recent collection of short stories, Our Story Begins, won The Story Prize for 2008.

Tobias Wolff on the Iconic Memoir He Never
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"I was overcome by admiration for my mother’s courage, and gratitude for her loyalty..."

May 10, 2019 By Tobias Wolff

Remembering Robert Stone: Tobias Wolff

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July 24, 2015 By Tobias Wolff

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