Born: 28-Mar-1940
Birthplace: Newton, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Sweet Hereafter

Father: Earl Banks
Mother: Florence
Wife: Darlene Bennett (div. 1962)
Wife: Mary Gunst (div. 1977)
Wife: Kathy Walton (div. 1988)
Wife: Chase Twichell (poet)

    University: Colgate University
    University: University of North Carolina
    Teacher: Creative Writing, Princeton University (1982-)

    MoveOn.org
    Guggenheim Fellowship

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Sweet Hereafter (14-May-1997)

Author of books:
Waiting to Freeze (1967, novel)
Snow (1975, novel)
Family Life (1975, novel)
The New World (1976, short stories)
Hamilton Stark (1978, novel)
The Book of Jamaica (1980, novel)
Trailerpark (1981, short stories)
The Relation of My Imprisonment (1984, novel)
Continental Drift (1985, novel)
Success Stories (1986, short stories)
Affliction (1989, novel)
The Sweet Hereafter (1991, novel)
Rule of the Bone (1995, novel)
Cloudsplitter (1998, novel)
The Angel on the Roof (2000, short stories)

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