Andre Dubus III
Andre Dubus III (born September 11, 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer. He is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Early life and career
Born in Oceanside, California to Patricia (née Lowe) and Louisiana-born writer Andre Dubus, Andre Dubus III grew up in mill towns in the Merrimack River valley along the Massachusetts—New Hampshire border with his three siblings: Suzanne, Jeb and Nicole. He began writing fiction at the age of 22, just a few months after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in sociology. To support himself, he worked as a carpenter, bartender, office cleaner, personal investigator, corrections counselor, and halfway house counselor.
His first published short story, Forky, was published by Playboy when Dubus was 23 years old. Dubus' novel House of Sand and Fog (1999) was a finalist for the National Book Award and was adapted for an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. His 2011 memoir Townie tells of growing up poor in Haverhill after his parents' divorce, street fighting, and eventually boxing, and deals extensively with his relationship with his father. His essay "Blood, Root, Knit, Purl" appeared in the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting, published by W. W. Norton & Company in November 2013.
