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Born: 12/11/1939  Wyandotte, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Thomas F. McGuane, Alice T. McGuane
Spouse: Portia Crockett (1st), Margot Kidder (2nd), Laurie Buffett (3rd)
Children: Thomas (1st), Maggie (2nd), Anne (3rd), Heather (step-daughter),
Address(es):
P.O. Box 25
McLeod, MT 59052
Contact Information:
Website: http://tommcguane.com/index.htm

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Cloudbursts : Collected and new stories - Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship.	Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	New York : Knopf	2018
	Crow Fair : Stories - "As his mother's dementia worsens, a devoted, favored son is shocked to learn of his mother's past; a father's meager outdoor skills are no match for a terrifying turn in the weather; old friends holding too many grudges go camping and hire a suicidal guide with too many rules.	Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	New York : Alfred A. Knopf	2015
	Driving on the rim - Psychological fiction	Fiction	Adult	New York : Alfred A. Knopf	2010
	Gallatin Canyon	Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	New York : Alfred A. Knopf	2006
	Cadence of Grass	Fiction	Adult	New York : Alfred A. Knopf	2002
	The Longest Silence : A Life in Fishing	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Alfred A. Knopf	2001
	Some Horses - Essays	Non Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Lyons Press	1999
	Nothing But Blue Skies	Fiction, Humor	Adult	Boston : Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence	1992
	Keep the Change	Fiction	Adult	Boston : Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence	1989
	To Skin a Cat: stories	Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	New York : Dutton/S. Lawrence	1986
	Something To Be Desired	Fiction	Adult	New York : Random House	1984
	Nobody's Angel - Set in Deadrock, Montana	Fiction	Adult	New York : Random House	1981
	An Outside Chance : essays on sport	Non Fiction, Short Stories	Adult	New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux	1980
	Panama - His most autobiographical novel	Fiction	Adult	New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux	1978
	Missouri Breaks - Wrote screenplay	Fiction, Drama	Adult		1976
	Rancho-Delux - Wrote screenplay	Fiction, Drama, Humor	Adult		1975
	Ninety Two In the Shade - Novel shows an escalation of violence promoted by male competition. Also he directed the film	Fiction	Adult	New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux	1973
	The Bushwhacked Piano	Fiction, Michigan	Adult	New York: Simon and Schuster	1971
	The Sporting Club - Takes place between the Pere Marquette and the Manistee River in Michigan. Two upper crusty members of the club pace off in a duel. Also a Film	Fiction, Michigan	Adult	New York: Simon and Schuster	1968

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "Pleasure, communication, a livelihood".

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement	1993
Honory Doctorate degrees from Montana State University and Rocky Mountain College - Award received for following years: 1993, 1995	1993-1995
Northwest Bookseller's Award	1992
Montana Governor's Award	1988
National Book Award nomination	1974
Rosenthal Award, American Academy	1972
Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University	1966-1967

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15/XThomas+McGuane+&SORT=DX

His Papers 1965-2010 https://as.lib.msu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1879

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