Andre Dubus was married three times and fathered six children. His son Andre Dubus III is also an author; his most noted book is the novel "House of Sand and Fog" (1999), which was both a finalist for the National Book Award and the basis for an Academy Award-nominated film of the same title. In 2011, Andre Dubus III published a memoir of his life, "Townie", which tells of growing up in Haverhill and deals extensively with his relationship with his father and the impoverished conditions faced by his mother and siblings after Dubus left the family for a student.