Pete Dexter

Pete Dexter

• Born 1943 in Pontiac, Michigan
• His father dies when he was 4 years old
• Dexter lives and writes on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound area of the state of Washington
• Famous novels include:
  God's Pocket (1983)
  Deadwood (1986)
  Paris Trout (1988) (1988 National Book Award for Fiction)
  Brotherly Love (1991)
  The Paperboy (1995) (1996 Literary Award, PEN Center USA)
  Train (2003)
  Paper Trails (2007)
  Spooner (2009)
• Famous Screenplays: Paris Trout (1991)
  Rush (1991)
  Michael (1996)
  Mulholland Falls (1996)