Amor Towles Biography
Amor Towles is an American novelist. He is best known for his bestselling novels Rules of Civility (2011), A Gentleman in Moscow (2016), and The Lincoln Highway (2021).
Amor Towles Career
Following his graduation from Yale University, Towles received a two-year fellowship from the Yale-China Association to teach in China. But because of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, this was suddenly canceled. He was the director of research and an investment manager at Select Equity Group in New York from 1991 to 2012. As a young man, Towles attributed his main source of inspiration for writing novels to the well-known novelist and nature writer Peter Matthiessen, who was also one of the founders of The Paris Review. Towles’s first book, Rules of Civility, became so successful beyond his wildest dreams that the money he made from the book allowed him to leave investment banking and devote all of his time to writing.
A Gentleman in Moscow, his second book, became a finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and spent 59 weeks on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. Additionally, it made the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award longlist. Production on an Ewan McGregor-starring television series based on the book was set to start in late 2022. The Lincoln Highway, Towles’ third book, was released on October 5, 2021. Amazon selected it as the best book of 2021. It had been on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list for 30 weeks as of May 15, 2022.
Amor Towles Age
Towles was born on October 24, 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is 59 years old as of 2023 and she celebrates her birthday on the 24th of October every year.
Amor Towles Height and Weight
Towles stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches. He has not disclosed his weight. However, this information will be updated when available.
Amor Towles Family
He was born Amor Hollingsworth Towles to Eleanor Hollingsworth Towles of Boston and Stokley P. Towles of Westwood, Mass. He likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parent nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Amor Towles Wife and Children
Towles and his wife Margaret “Maggie” Rosemary Rokous tied the knot on September 7, 1996, when he was 31 and she was 26 years old. The ceremony took place at South Congregational Church in Kennebunkport, Maine. Presbyterian minister Rev. John T. Mathison officiated the wedding. Participating in the ceremony was the bridegroom’s cousin, the Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, an Episcopal priest. Maggie is an analyst at Viacom Interactive Media, a division of Viacom International, the New York television and film company. The couple resides in Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City, with their son Stokley, and their daughter Esmé. Towles is a collector of fine art and antiques.
Amor Towles Salary
Towles earns an annual salary of about $100,000-$500,000.
Amor Towles Net Worth
Towles has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a novelist.
Amor Towles Name Origin
Towles discussed his unusual first name, which he claimed derives from an old New England Puritan tradition of naming children for virtues—in this case, the Latin word for love—at Avalon. He also talked about his life, his writing process, and his approach to novels.
Amor Towles Books
- Rules of Civility: A Novel. New York: Viking. 2011.
- Eve in Hollywood: A Penguin Special (collection of six interlinked short stories). Penguin. 2013.
- A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel. New York: Viking. 2016.
- You Have Arrived at Your Destination (novella). Forward. Vol. 4. Amazon Original Stories. 2019.
- The Lincoln Highway: A Novel. New York: Viking. 2021.
- “Channel a More Romantic Era of Transatlantic Travel” (2016)