Todd James Pierce (born September 15, 1965) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Todd James Pierce is primarily known as a novelist and short story writer.
Reviewers have hailed his stories as "robust", filled with an "unexpected sense of grace and ease," and as "a beautiful whirl of love and language, longing and mystery."
The New York Times described his collection, Newsworld, as adroitly examining the intersection between mass media and private life: "While Pierce's comedic realism unfolds in the background, his heroes ache in their offices and bedrooms--so desperate to communicate through press releases and letters to the editor that they've forgotten how to whisper into a lover's ear."
He lives in Santa Barbara County and teaches creative writing at California Polytechnic State University.