Tobias Wolff

Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff born June 19 1945 is an American short story writer memoirist novelist and teacher of creative writing He is known for his memoirs particularly This Boys Life 1989 and In Pharaohs Army 1994 He has written four short story collections and two novels including The Barracks Thief 1984 which won the PENFaulkner Award for Fiction Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015 His academic career began at Syracuse University 19821997 Since 1997 he has taught at Stanford University where he is the Ward W and Priscilla B Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences