Pauls Toutonghi (born 1976) is a first-generation American fiction and non-fiction writer. He was born in America to immigrant parents. Pauls' mother emigrated from

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, while his father emigrated from

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. His first novel, '' Red Weather'', was published by

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/ Shaye Areheart Books in 2006. His second, '' Evel Knievel Days'', was published by Random House/Crown in 2012. ''Red Weather'' was widely—and favorably—reviewed. Toutonghi has published work in ''

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'', ''The Burnside Review'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' One Story Magazine'', and ''

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''. His story, "Regeneration" won a

Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

in 2000. Pauls received his MFA in poetry from

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in 2003—followed by a PhD in English Literature in 2006. After his first novel was published, he moved from

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—where he now teaches as an Associate Professor of English at

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. He is the father of twins. His sister, Annette Toutonghi, is a professional actor. His dad, Joseph Toutonghi, died in December 2017.

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