Thomas McGuane | |
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 McGuane in 2018 | |
| Born | Thomas Francis McGuane III December 11, 1939 Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Michigan Olivet College Michigan State University (BA) Yale School of Drama (MFA) |
| Genre | Fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting |
| Spouse | Portia Rebecca Crockett
(m. 1962; div. 1975)Laura Buffett (m. 1977) |
| Children | 3 |
Thomas Francis McGuane III (born December 11, 1939) is an American writer. His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[1] the National Cutting Horse Association Members Hall of Fame[2] and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame.[3] McGuane's papers, manuscripts, and correspondence are located in the Montana State University Archives and Special Collections and are available for research use. In 2023, he was given the first Award for Excellence in Service to the MSU Library for the advancement of scholarship and access to unique materials.[4]
McGuane's early novels were noted for a comic appreciation for the irrational core of many human endeavors, multiple takes on the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. His later writing reflected an increasing devotion to family relationships and relationships with the natural world in the changing American West, primarily Montana, where he has made his home since 1968, and where his last five novels and many of his essays are set. He has three children, Annie, Maggie and Thomas.
- ^ "Academy Members – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "Member Hall of Fame". www.nchacutting.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "Tom McGuane —". cffcm.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Cantrell, Anne (20 November 2023). "Papers from Montana-based author Thomas McGuane now available to public at MSU Library". MSU News Service.