Christopher Tilghman, the son of a publishing executive, was born in Boston in 1946. Though he was raised primarily in New England, his life has always revolved around his family's farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. His new novel, "The Right-Hand Shore" and its sequel "Mason's Retreat" tell the multigenerational story of a farm on the Eastern Shore modeled after his own. His other books include the novel "Roads of the Heart," and the short story collections, "In a Father's Place," and "The Way People Run." Currently a Professor of English at the University of Virginia, he and his wife, the writer Caroline Preston, divide their time between Charlottesville, VA and Centreville, MD.