Background

Christopher was born on September 5, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, the middle son of a Houghton Mifflin executive.

Education

Christopher attended the Fesenden School, St. Paul's Academy and Yale.

Career

Fiction writer Christopher Tilghman began writing when he left the U.S. Navy in 1971. He had to support himself with odd jobs, however, including carpentry and writing copy for corporations, because he didn’t sell his first story until 1986.

Tilghman’s first book-length publication is the acclaimed 1990 short story collection "In a Father’s Place." He followed this critical success with another in 1996 — his first novel, "Mason's Retreat." His next book “On the Rivershore,” is about the tension between Maryland watermen and farmers, and how these are played out and resolved when a handyman kills a fisherman who had molested his daughter.

During that time, Christopher was also a corporate copywriter and journalist. He edited Ploughshares. Currently, he works at the University of Virginia and the Napa Writers' Conference.

Achievements

• Christopher Tilghman is highly famous as the author of books "In a Father’s Place" and "Mason’s Retreat."

Works

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  • The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel 2012
  • Mason's Retreat: A Novel 2012
  • Roads of the Heart: A Novel 2004
  • In a Father's Place 1990
  • The Way People Run: Stories 199

Connections

Christopher lives with his wife and three sons in rural Massachusetts.