Tyler McMahon was born and raised in the Washington, DC area. He studied English at the University of Virginia and received an MFA in fiction writing from Boise State University. Before publishing his first novel, he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador, a surf instructor in California, and waiter in Montana. For several years, he has taught a freshman research and writing class based around the history of Rock and Roll music. He co-founded the Mouth & Thistle Reading Series, was a staff member of the Idaho Review, and served as fiction editor for cold-drill magazine. He co-edited the non-fiction anthologies Surfing’s Greatest Misadventures and Fishing’s Greatest Misadventures from Casagrande Press.

Currently, he lives in Honolulu with his wife, food writer Dabney Gough. Tyler teaches classes in Writing and Literature in the English Department at Hawai‘i Pacific University. At the moment, he is writing a new novel about undocumented Central Americans traveling to the United States in search of work.

Tyler McMahon is represented by Fountain Literary. For inquiries about readings, festival appearances, or book club discussions, write to tvmcmahon(at)gmail(dot)com.