Tom Spanbauer | |
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| Born | June 30, 1946 Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Years active | 1989–2024 |
Tom Spanbauer (1946 – September 21, 2024) was an American writer whose work often explored issues of sexuality, race, and the ties that bind disparate people together. Raised in Idaho, Spanbauer lived in Kenya and across the United States. He later lived in Portland, Oregon, where he taught a course titled "dangerous writing".[1] He graduated in 1988 from Columbia University with an MFA in Fiction and has written five novels.[2]