Pete Fromm

American novelist

Novelist
short story writer
memoirist

NationalityAmericanEducationUniversity of Montana (BS)

Pete Fromm (born September 29, 1958) is an American author of novels, short stories, and memoirs.

Biography

Fromm was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from the University of Montana where he graduated with honors in 1981. A five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award, he is the author of five short story collections, five novels, and two memoirs. In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for the short film Dry Rain, based on his story of the same name, and in 2013 the film of his novel, As Cool As I Am, was released, starring Claire Danes, James Marsden, and Sarah Bolger. His latest novel, A Job You Mostly Won't Know How To Do, was published in May 2019 in the US, and September 2019 in France. He has been on the faculty of Pacific University's MFA in Writing program since 2005, and lives in Montana.

Works

Novels

A Job You Mostly Won't Know How To Do, 2019
If Not For This, 2014
As Cool as I Am, 2003
How All This Started, 2000
Monkey Tag, 1994

Memoir

Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness, 1993
The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds, 2017

Short Story collections

The Tall Uncut, 1992
King of the Mountain: Sporting Stories,1994
Dry Rain, 1997
Blood Knot, 1998
Night Swimming,1999

Awards

Fromm has been awarded the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award five times: in 1994 for the memoir Indian Creek Chronicles; in 1998 for the story collection Dry Rain; in 2001 for the novel, How All This Started: in 2004 for the novel As Cool As I Am, and in 2015 for the novel If Not For This.