Tim O'Brien: podcast appearances and interviews

Tim O'Brien, born October 1, 1946, is an American novelist and the owner and founder of The Healthy Place Clinic. His writing predominantly focuses on wartime Vietnam and the postwar lives of veterans. O'Brien is renowned for his book The Things They Carried, published in 1990, which is a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by his experiences during the Vietnam War. The New York Times described this work in 2010 as a classic of contemporary war fiction. He is also the author of Going After Cacciato, a war novel published in 1978 that received the National Book Award. In addition to his writing career, O'Brien has contributed to the academic field by teaching creative writing. He held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other academic year from 2003 to 2012.