Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. As a reporter, he wrote for the New York Herald-Tribune, and was also its London bureau chief.
The Dog of the South
Masters of Atlantis
Gringos
True Grit
Norwood
John Steinbeck
Diana Gabaldon
Ron Chernow
Edgar Allan Poe
Jane Austen
James Joyce