Charles Portis

Charles Portis (1933–2020) lived most of his life in Arkansas, where he was born and raised. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, which in 2018 awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, and was a writer for The New Yorker. He is the author of four other novels, also available from the Overlook Press: Norwood, The Dog of the South, Masters of Atlantis, and Gringos. A selection of his writing has been collected in Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany.

Charles Portis's Titles

Escape Velocity Collected Nonfiction, Short Stories & Drama

Escape Velocity

From the author of True Grit comes a remarkable collection that reveals another side of Charles Portishis sharp, witty, and deeply observant...


True Grit A Novel

True Grit

#1 New York Times bestseller“An epic and a legend.” Washington Post“Quite simply, an American masterpiece.” Boston Globe“Charles Portis...


Dog of the South A Novel

The Dog of the South

From Charles Portis, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of True Grit, The Dog of the South is a novel about a husband on a crazy road trip...


Gringos American expatriate in Mexico tangles with smugglers, cultists, and apocalyptic schemes.

Gringos

A truly brilliant, wonderfully bizarre novel by one of our great American novelists, the author of the perennial bestseller True GritJimmy Burns...


Masters of Atlantis Deadpan satire about secret societies, crackpot Atlantis theories, and American gullibility.

The Masters of Atlantis

Masters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits and con men, oddballs, and innocents, by one of America’s most respected...


Norwood Portis’s debut novel about a small-town Texan on a bizarre cross-country quest.

Norwood

Norwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author Charles Portis’s first novel, displayed right out of the gate the wit, style, and singular voice...