Toby Olson lives in Philadelphia and North Truro, on Cape Cod, where he has done most of his writing over the past thirty-six years.
Awards: PEN (1983)
Novels
Changing Appearance (1975)
The Life of Jesus (1976)
Aesthetics (1978)
Seaview (1982)
The Woman Who Escaped from Shame (1986)
Utah (1987)
Dorit in Lesbos (1990)
At Sea (1993)
Write Letter to Billy (2000)
The Blond Box (2003)
The Bitter Half (2006)
Tampico (2008)
Walking (2020)
The Life of Jesus (1976)
Aesthetics (1978)
Seaview (1982)
The Woman Who Escaped from Shame (1986)
Utah (1987)
Dorit in Lesbos (1990)
At Sea (1993)
Write Letter to Billy (2000)
The Blond Box (2003)
The Bitter Half (2006)
Tampico (2008)
Walking (2020)
Collections
City (poems) (1974)
The wrestlers & other poems (poems) (1974)
Home (poems) (1976)
Doctor Miriam (poems) (1977)
Florence Poems (poems) (1978)
Birdsongs (poems) (1980)
We Are the Fire (poems) (1984)
Unfinished Building (poems) (1993)
Human Nature (poems) (2000)
Darklight (poems) (2007)
Death Sentences (poems) (2019)
Journeys on a Dime (2021)
Collected Earlier Poems (poems) (2024)
Collected Later Poems (poems) (2024)
The wrestlers & other poems (poems) (1974)
Home (poems) (1976)
Doctor Miriam (poems) (1977)
Florence Poems (poems) (1978)
Birdsongs (poems) (1980)
We Are the Fire (poems) (1984)
Unfinished Building (poems) (1993)
Human Nature (poems) (2000)
Darklight (poems) (2007)
Death Sentences (poems) (2019)
Journeys on a Dime (2021)
Collected Earlier Poems (poems) (2024)
Collected Later Poems (poems) (2024)
Non fiction show