Charles Portis

Charles Portis (born December 28 1933) is an American author who has been described as "one of the most inventively comic writers of western fiction". His books have inspired cult-like devotion amongst their fans.

Portis has written five novels:

• Norwood (novel) (1966)
• True Grit (1968)
• The Dog of the South (1979)
• Masters of Atlantis (1985)
• Gringos (1991)

Both Norwood and True Grit were made into movies starring fellow Arkansan Glen Campbell.

In the 1990s, he published short fiction and biographical pieces in The Atlantic Monthly, including "Combinations of Jacksons" and "I Don't Talk Service No More".

Portis was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He is reclusive and travels frequently to Mexico.

External links

• Article by Ed Park from The Believer, March 2003
• Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture: Charles McColl Portis