Paul Theroux
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Theroux in 2008
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| Born | Paul Edward Theroux April 10, 1941 Medford, Massachusetts |
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| Nationality | American | ||
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| Period | 1967–Present | ||
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 92Y / The Paris Review Interview Series: Paul Theroux, December 18, 1989 |
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Book Discussion on Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, September 27, 2008 |
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Book Discussion on Dark Star Safari, APRIL 10, 2003 |
Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name.
He is the father of British authors and documentary makers Marcel Theroux and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux.
Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, the son of Catholic parents; his mother, Anne (née Dittami), was Italian American, and his father, Albert Eugene Theroux, was French-Canadian. His mother was a grammar school teacher and his father was a salesman for the American Leather Oak company. Theroux was a Boy Scout and ultimately achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
Theroux was educated at Medford High School, followed by the University of Maine, in Orono (1959–60) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he obtained a B.A. in English in 1963.
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