Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins
Robbins at Booksmith in San Francisco, 2005
Robbins at Booksmith in San Francisco, 2005
BornThomas Eugene Robbins
(1932-07-22)July 22, 1932
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 2025(2025-02-09) (aged 92)
La Conner, Washington, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • essayist
GenrePostmodernism

Thomas Eugene Robbins (July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025) was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas").[1] Robbins had lived in La Conner, Washington, since 1970, where he wrote nine of his books.[2] His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant.[3] His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir".

  1. ^ FamousAuthors.org (2012). "Tom Robbins". Famous Authors. FamousAuthors.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Northwest Prime Time". northwestprimetime.com. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Sant, Gus Van (May 20, 1994), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Comedy, Drama, Romance), New Line Cinema, Fourth Vision, retrieved April 5, 2022

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