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{{short description|American novelist}}

{{Infobox writer
| name = Tony D'Souza
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| birth_place = [[Chicago]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Notre Dame]] and [[Hollins University]]
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| nationality = American
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}}'''Tony D'Souza''' is an American [[novelist]], [[journalist]], essayist, reviewer, travel, and short story writer. He has published three novels with the publisher [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] including: ''Whiteman'' (2006), ''The Konkans'' (2008), and ''Mule'' (2011).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.carthage.edu/live/news/3227-carthage-alumnus-celebrates-release-of-third-novel|title=Carthage alumnus celebrates release of third novel|website=www.carthage.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>

==Life and career==
D'Souza was born and raised in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He is [[multiracial]] with his father being [[Mangalorean Catholic]] and his mother being Euro-American.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.khaasbaat.com/aug2007/books.htm|title=Books - A Guest Column Sarasota Novelist Throws Spotlight on 'The Konkans'|last=|first=|date=|website=www.khaasbaat.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

While attending [[Carthage College]], he studied fiction. He later earned his master's degree in writing from the [[University of Notre Dame]] and [[Hollins University]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

He also served for two and a half years in the [[Peace Corps]], working in [[Côte d'Ivoire]], where he was an [[AIDS]] educator.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/tony-dsouza|title=Tony D'Souza|date=2018-05-30|website=NEA|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2006/0603/603talkdsouza.html|title=Interview with Tony D'Souza|website=peacecorpswriters.org|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> D'Souza is married, and has two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/local-authors-write-about-illegal-drug-trade/article_9a3fa857-9761-5ac7-a37d-f84dc077b785.html|title=Local authors write about illegal drug trade|last=Henderson|first=Jane|date=2011-10-09|website=stltoday.com|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

His first published story won the Black Warrior Review's award for fiction in 1999. His short story "Club des Amis" was published in ''[[The New Yorker]],''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/domers-in-the-news-7/|title=Domers in the news {{!}} Notre Dame Magazine {{!}} University of Notre Dame|last=Monczunk|first=John|date=11 December 2008|website=Notre Dame Magazine|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> and D’Souza later included the essay as a part of his first novel, ''Whiteman,'' published in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16mason.html|title=Volunteers of America|last=Mason|first=Wyatt|date=16 April 2006|work=The New York Times}}</ref> ''Whiteman'' garnered many awards{{Spaced en dash}}[[Sue Kaufman Prize]] from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, ''[[New York Times]]'' Editor's Pick, ''[[People Magazine]]'' Critic's Choice, the Florida Gold Medal for General Fiction,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/tony-dsouza/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Tony D'Souza|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> and was named one of the "greatest fiction travel books of all time" by ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2008-10-14/the-69-greatest-fiction-travel-books-of-all-time|title=The 69 Greatest Fiction Travel Books of All Time|last=Kachka|first=Boris|website=Condé Nast Traveler|date=14 October 2008 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>

His second novel, ''The Konkans,'' was published in 2008 and was called "best novel of the year" by ''[[The Washington Post]].''<ref name=":0" />

Published in 2011, ''Mule'' was praised by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]],'' ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'', ''[[Library Journal]]'', and ''[[Booklist]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/09/22/mule-review-tony-dsouza/|title=Mule|website=EW.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tony-dsouza2/mule/|title=MULE by Tony D'Souza {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> It was also optioned for film by Hunting Lane Films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/tony-dsouza-novel-mule-optioned-by-hunting-lane-films-179591/|title=Tony D'Souza Novel 'Mule' Optioned By Hunting Lane Films|author=|date=2011-10-05|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>

D'Souza has received a 2006 NEA Fellowship, a 2007 NEA Japan Friendship Fellowship,<ref name=":1" /> and a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2008|2008]] [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in Creative Arts-Fiction.<ref name=":2" /> His work has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Playboy]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Outside (magazine)|Outside]]'', ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'', ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'', ''[[Granta]]'', ''[[Tin House]]'', and ''[[McSweeney's]]''.<ref name=":2" /> He detailed his coverage of Nicaragua's Eric Volz murder trial on ''[[The Today Show]]'', ''[[Dateline NBC|Dateline]]'', ''[[Bill Kurtis]] Investigates'', [[E! Channel]], the [[BBC]], and [[NPR]].<ref name=":0" />

==Bibliography==
===Novels===
*''Whiteman'' (2006)
*''The Konkans'' (2008)
*''Mule'' (2011)

==External links==
*[http://www.peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2006/0603/603talkdsouza.html Peace Corps Writers Interview with Tony D'Souza]

==References==
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