Christopher Coe
Christopher Coe (1953 – September 6, 1994) was an American novelist.[1]
Christopher Coe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | September 6, 1994 (aged 41) Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Coe was born in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania[1] and raised in Portland, Oregon.[1] As an adult he lived in both New York City and Paris.[1] Educated at Columbia University, he was a classmate of Amy Hempel, David Leavitt and Anderson Ferrell.[1]
His first novel, I Look Divine, published in 1987, his second, Such Times, in 1993.[1] As well as a writer, Coe also worked as a photographer and cabaret singer.
Coe died of AIDS on September 6, 1994, at his home in Manhattan.[2]
References
- William Lane Clark (1993). Contemporary Gay American Novelists. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313280191.
- "Christopher Coe, 41; Wrote Gay Novels". The New York Times. September 8, 1994.
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