Tobias Wolff
ABOUT TOBIAS WOLFF
A contemporary American author, he is best known for his popular memoir, This Boy's Life. He was a recipient of the 2006 PEN/Malamud Award.
He taught at Syracuse University from 1980 to 1997.
His 1984 novella, The Barracks Thief, won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
He married Catherine Dolores Spohn in 1975; they became parents to three children.
His autobiographical work, This Boy's Life, was made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio .
