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Paul Theroux

Paul TherouxAKA Paul Edward Theroux

Born: 10-Apr-1941
Birthplace: Medford, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Mosquito Coast

Wife: Anne Castle (m. 4-Dec-1967, div. 1993, two sons)
Son: Marcel Theroux (journalist, b. 1968)
Son: Louis Theroux (TV personality/author, b. 20-May-1970)
Wife: Sheila Donnelly (m. 18-Nov-1995)

    High School: Medford High School, Medford, MA (1959)
    University: University of Maine
    University: University of Massachusetts (1963)
    University: Syracuse University
    Lecturer: University of Urbino (1963)
    Lecturer: Soche Hill College, Limbe, Malawi (1963-65)
    Lecturer: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (1965-68)
    Lecturer: University of Singapore (1968-71)
    Scholar: University of Virginia (1972)

    Peace Corps Volunteer in Nyasaland (1963)
    Royal Geographic Society
    Royal Society of Literature
    French-Canadian Ancestry Paternal
    Italian Ancestry Mother

Author of books:
Waldo (1967, novel)
Fong and the Indians (1968, novel)
Murder in Mount Holly (1969, novel)
Girls at Play (1969, novel)
Jungle Lovers (1971, novel)
Sinning with Annie (1972, novel)
Saint Jack (1973, novel)
The Black House (1974, novel)
The Great Railway Bazaar (1975, travelogue)
The Family Arsenal (1976, novel)
The Consul's File (1977, novel)
Picture Palace (1978, novel)
A Christmas Card (1978, novel)
The Old Patagonian Express (1979, travelogue)
London Snow: A Christmas Story (1979, novel)
World's End and Other Stories (1980, short stories)
The Mosquito Coast (1981, novel)
The London Embassy (1982, novel)
Half Moon Street (1984, novel)
O-Zone (1986, novel)
The White Man's Burden (1987, novel)
My Secret History (1989, novel)
Chicago Loop (1990, novel)
The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992, travelogue)
Millroy the Magician (1993, novel)
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean (1995, travelogue)
My Other Life (1996, novel)
Kowloon Tong (1997, novel)
Hotel Honolulu (2001, novel)
Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks (2001, novel)
The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and Other Stories (2003, short stories)
Blinding Light (2005, novel)


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