Tobias Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher. He is known for his short story collections In the Garden of the North American Martyrs and Back in the World, and his memoirs This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army. Wolff has won numerous awards, including the Rea Award for the Short Story, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.