Tony D'Souza is an American novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, travel, and short story writer. He has published three novels with the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt including: Whiteman (2006), The Konkans (2008), and Mule (2011).[1]
He also served for two and a half years in the Peace Corps, working in Côte d'Ivoire, where he was an AIDS educator.[3][4] D'Souza is married, and has two children.[5]
His first published story won the Black Warrior Review's award for fiction in 1999. His short story "Club des Amis" was published in The New Yorker,[6] and D’Souza later included the essay as a part of his first novel, Whiteman, published in 2006.[7]Whiteman garnered many awards – Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York Times Editor's Pick, People Magazine Critic's Choice, the Florida Gold Medal for General Fiction,[8] and was named one of the "greatest fiction travel books of all time" by Condé Nast Traveler.[9]
His second novel, The Konkans, was published in 2008 and was called "best novel of the year" by The Washington Post.[1]
^"Tony D'Souza Novel 'Mule' Optioned By Hunting Lane Films". Deadline. 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
December 18, 2023
tony, souza, american, novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, travel, short, story, writer, published, three, novels, with, publisher, houghton, mifflin, harcourt, including, whiteman, 2006, konkans, 2008, mule, 2011, bornchicagonationalityamericanalma, mat. Tony D Souza is an American novelist journalist essayist reviewer travel and short story writer He has published three novels with the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt including Whiteman 2006 The Konkans 2008 and Mule 2011 1 Tony D SouzaBornChicagoNationalityAmericanAlma materUniversity of Notre Dame and Hollins UniversityContents 1 Life and career 2 Bibliography 2 1 Novels 3 External links 4 ReferencesLife and career editD Souza was born and raised in Chicago Illinois He is multiracial with his father being Mangalorean Catholic and his mother being Euro American 2 While attending Carthage College he studied fiction He later earned his master s degree in writing from the University of Notre Dame and Hollins University citation needed He also served for two and a half years in the Peace Corps working in Cote d Ivoire where he was an AIDS educator 3 4 D Souza is married and has two children 5 His first published story won the Black Warrior Review s award for fiction in 1999 His short story Club des Amis was published in The New Yorker 6 and D Souza later included the essay as a part of his first novel Whiteman published in 2006 7 Whiteman garnered many awards Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters New York Times Editor s Pick People Magazine Critic s Choice the Florida Gold Medal for General Fiction 8 and was named one of the greatest fiction travel books of all time by Conde Nast Traveler 9 His second novel The Konkans was published in 2008 and was called best novel of the year by The Washington Post 1 Published in 2011 Mule was praised by Entertainment Weekly San Francisco Chronicle Kirkus Reviews Library Journal and Booklist 10 11 It was also optioned for film by Hunting Lane Films 12 D Souza has received a 2006 NEA Fellowship a 2007 NEA Japan Friendship Fellowship 3 and a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts Fiction 8 His work has appeared in The New Yorker Playboy Esquire Outside Mother Jones Salon Granta Tin House and McSweeney s 8 He detailed his coverage of Nicaragua s Eric Volz murder trial on The Today Show Dateline Bill Kurtis Investigates E Channel the BBC and NPR 1 Bibliography editNovels edit Whiteman 2006 The Konkans 2008 Mule 2011 External links editPeace Corps Writers Interview with Tony D SouzaReferences edit a b c Carthage alumnus celebrates release of third novel www carthage edu Retrieved 2019 09 03 Books A Guest Column Sarasota Novelist Throws Spotlight on The Konkans www khaasbaat com Retrieved 2019 09 04 a b Tony D Souza NEA 2018 05 30 Retrieved 2019 07 31 Interview with Tony D Souza peacecorpswriters org Retrieved 2019 09 03 Henderson Jane 2011 10 09 Local authors write about illegal drug trade stltoday com Retrieved 2019 09 04 Monczunk John 11 December 2008 Domers in the news Notre Dame Magazine University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Magazine Retrieved 2019 09 05 Mason Wyatt 16 April 2006 Volunteers of America The New York Times a b c John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Tony D Souza Retrieved 2019 09 05 Kachka Boris 14 October 2008 The 69 Greatest Fiction Travel Books of All Time Conde Nast Traveler Retrieved 2019 09 05 Mule EW com Retrieved 2019 09 05 MULE by Tony D Souza Kirkus Reviews Tony D Souza Novel Mule Optioned By Hunting Lane Films Deadline 2011 10 05 Retrieved 2019 09 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony D 27Souza amp oldid 1177377175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
