Christopher Tilghman was born and raised in Boston but his life has revolved around his family’s farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Three previous novels, Mason’s Retreat, The Right-Hand Shore, and Thomas and Beal in the Midi tell the multigenerational story of a farm on the Eastern Shore called Mason’s Retreat. His new novel, On the Tobacco Coast, concludes the quartet in the present day. His other books include the novel Roads of the Heart, and the short story collections, In a Father’s Place and The Way People Run.
Chris is a Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, writer Caroline Preston, divide their time between Charlottesville and the Eastern Shore.
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