Major Works
- Country Dark (2018)
- Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in the South (2017) with Charles Dodd White
- Out of the Woods: Stories (2016)
- My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir (2016)
- The Good Brother: A Novel (2016)
- No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home (2016)
- Kentucky Straight: Stories (2011)
- Degrees of Elevation: Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia (2011) with Valerie Nieman
- Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians (2007) with Sandra Louise Dyas
- The Same River Twice: A Memoir (1994)
Biography of Chris Offutt
Chris Offutt, photo by Sandra Dyas, used with permission
Author Chris Offutt currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi. He has received awards from the Lannan, Whiting, and Guggenheim Foundations as well as an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In addition to his novels, memoirs, and short stories, he has written screen plays for Weeds, True Blood, and Treme. His essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Oxford American, and Harper‘s.
Terry Gross interviewed Chris Offutt on NPR’s Fresh Air–