Portis is the greatest writer you ve never heard of. * Boston Herald * I've always thought Charles Portis had a wonderful talent original, quirky, exciting. Gringos demonstrates that he's only gotten better. It's an engaging, touching book. -- Larry McMurtry
Charles Portis lives in Arkansas, where he was born and educated. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was the London bureau chief of the New York Herald-Tribune, for which he was also a reporter. His first novel, Norwood, was published in 1966. His other novels are True Grit, The Dog of the South, and Masters of Atlantis.