Tobias (Jonathan Ansell) Wolff
             Tobias Wolff was born on June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama. His father is Arthur Saunders and he is an aeronautical engineer. His mother is Rosemary (Loftus) Wolff. He married a clinical social worker named Catherine Dolores Spohn in 1975. The couple had two children together. They are Michael Patrick and Mary Elizabeth. His parents divorced when he was ten years old. His mother was remarried to a man named Dwight. He was a painter. He was also a violent and abusive man with strict household rules. From his stepfather's actions and rules he started to become a delinquent by stealing and lying as a teenager. (P. 2 Contemporary Literary Criticism)
             Wolff has also had military experience and is very well-rounded with many different jobs. From the time of 1964 to 1968 he served in Vietnam as a 1st lieutenant with the US Army Special Forces. He was a professor of English and Creative Writing at Stanford University from 1975 to 1978. Then later he moved to Syracuse, New York to be a peak professor of English. He worked there for 17 years from 1980 to 1997. Then he went back to Stanford to be an English Professor which he is still currently there. (P2 Dictionary of Literary Biography)
             In order to become so successful, he had to become very dedicated to his academics prior to getting these great jobs. He attended many outstanding universities upon returning from Vietnam. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in English at Oxford University in 1972, and three years later he received a Master's Degree in 1975. Another three years later he received a Master's Degree from Stanford in 1978. He held academic posts at some very prestigious schools like Goddard College, Arizona State University, Temple University, and Syracuse University. (P3 Contemporary Literary Criticism)
             As a result of all his hard work in school, it all pays off with many awards he has received. Thus, in 1975 to 1976...