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. ĭubus's 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 first published short story, "Forky," was published by Playboy when Dubus was 23. To support himself, Dubus worked as a carpenter, bartender, office cleaner, personal investigator, corrections counselor, and halfway house counselor. He began writing fiction at age 22, a few months after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in sociology. Early life and education īorn in Oceanside, California, to Patricia (née Lowe) and Louisiana-born writer Andre Dubus, Dubus 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 is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. University of Texas at Austin (B.A.,1981)Īndre Dubus III (born September 11, 1959) is an American novelist and short story writer.
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