Gonzaga Visiting Writer Series: Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien burst onto the literary scene with his novel "If I Die in a Combat Zone..." (1973), based largely on his own experiences in the Vietnam War. His 1978 novel "Going After Cacciato" won him the National Book Award and his 1990 book of linked short stories "The Things They Carried" was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In the Hemmingson Center.