William Boyle is an instructor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric. He teaches LIBA 102: Writing About True Crime, WRIT 100, WRIT 101, cinema studies, and creative writing. He is the author of five novels: Gravesend, which was nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in France; The Lonely Witness, which was nominated for the Hammett Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière; A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, winner of the Prix Transfuge du meilleur polar étranger in France; City of Margins, a Washington Post Best Thriller and Mystery Book of 2020; and, most recently, Shoot the Moonlight Out, listed by CrimeReads as one of the ten best noir novels of 2021. He has also published a story collection, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, and a novella, Everything Is Broken (published initially in France and subsequently serialized in Southwest Review).

Education:
B.A., State University of New York at New Paltz
M.A., State University of New York at New Paltz
M.F.A, University of Mississippi