Chris Bohjalian 

Novelist

Birthday August 12, 1961

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace New York

Age 63 years old

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About

An American fiction writer, he is particularly known for his bestselling novels Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls. His other works include The Light in the Ruins, The Law of Similars, and Water Witches.

Before Fame

After graduating from Amherst College, he worked as an account representative for an advertising agency in New York.

Trivia

He published his critically-acclaimed, ghost-themed novel, The Night Strangers, in 2011.

Family Life

He married Victoria Schaeffer Blewer in 1984.

Associated With

His 1997 novel, Midwives, was selected by the Oprah Winfrey Book Club.