Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946 in Minnesota) is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American servicemen who fought there. He has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University-San Marcos several times, from 2003 to 2004, then from 2005 to 2006, and a third time from 2008 to 2009.
Works- If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1973)
- Northern Lights (1975)
- Where Have You Gone Charming Billy? (1975)
- Going After Cacciato (1978)
- The Nuclear Age (1985)
- The Things They Carried (1990)
- In the Lake of the Woods (1994)
- Tomcat in Love (1998)
- July, July (2002)