T. C. Boyle is the author of numerous works of fiction, including Blue Skies (Liveright, 2023), The Tortilla Curtain, Drop City, The Terranauts, Talk to Me, and I Walk Between the Raindrops. Known for his exploration of the joys, sorrows, and misguided appetites of baby boomers, Boyle has been compared to Mark Twain for his mixture of humor and social insight. He has received many literary honors, including a National Book Award nomination for Drop City. He teaches in the English department at the University of Southern California.

Photograph by Jamieson Fry.


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Dennis O’Reilly recently completed his first novel and is currently working on a collection of short stories. He works as a freelance writer in the Seattle area, where he lives with his wife and children.

Photograph by Derek Sparks.

Letters to a Young Writer

In our Letters to a Young Writer series, Narrative’s featured authors respond to comments and questions from younger authors reflecting on the nature of the writer’s work. We inaugurate this series with a correspondence between Dennis O’Reilly and T. C. Boyle:

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