![]() ![]() Shortly before his death he was offered a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania that was to commence in fall semester, September, 1983. Career Īfter the success of his first novel, Principato in 1972, McHale secured the position of writer-in-residence at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, a position he held until the end of his life. He had planned to be a doctor and attended medical school but changed his mind and dropped out. He went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. He attended Jesuit Catholic schools including Scranton Preparatory (1955–1959) and was a graduate of Temple University in the early 1960s. He worked as a caseworker for the Department of Public Assistance in Philadelphia for a brief period. His family’s Irish-American ethnicity and Roman Catholicism would become prominent elements in his novels. He was the eldest of six children from an Irish-Catholic family. ![]() Thomas "Tom" McHale was born in 1941 in Avoca, Pennsylvania located nine miles (15 km) southwest of Scranton. He was born in Avoca, Pennsylvania, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. His works include Principato, Farragan's Retreat (nominated for the National Book Award), Alinsky's Diamond, School Spirit, The Lady from Boston, and Dear Friends. ![]() Tom McHale (1941 – March 30, 1982) was an American novelist. ![]()
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