Pete Dexter
Pete Dexter ( born July 22, 1943 in Pontiac, Michigan) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He was honored in 1988 for his novel Paris Trout with the National Book Award.
Life
Dexter grew up in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he had moved in 1947 with his mother. He worked for many years as a journalist, initially for the Palm Beach Post in West Palm Beach (Florida ), which he left in 1972, however, as the editor of the newspaper forced the editors to support in the upcoming presidential election, Richard Nixon. He then wrote for several newspapers, including Philadelphia, Sacramento and Seattle.
When he ran in 1981 in Philadelphia, together with the boxer Randall Cobb in a fight because of a newspaper article and was seriously injured - an incident which he later processed in his novel God's Pocket - he gave up journalism and became a freelance writer.
On the basis of his books several feature films, including the Western Wild Bill emerged from the year 1995. At several of the films he was involved as a scriptwriter.
Dexter lives on Whidbey Iceland off the coast of Washington State.
Awards
Works
Novels
- Deadwood, German by Jürgen citizens and Kathrin Bielfeldt; Munich: Liebeskind, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-935890-82-3.
- Rabid, dt from? ; Munich: Goldmann, 1989 ISBN 3-442-09410-0.
- Recompilation: Paris Trout, German by Jürgen citizens; Munich: Liebeskind 2008 ISBN 978-3-935890-54-0.
- Brotherly love, dt Götz Pommer; Munich: Goldmann 1996 ISBN 3-570-00407-4.
- Black on white, German by Bernhard Robben; Munich: Goldmann 1996 ISBN 3-442-30708-2.
- Other formats: Paperboy, same translation; Munich: Liebeskind 2013 ISBN 978-3-95438-008-4.
- Train, German by Jürgen citizens; Munich: Liebeskind 2006 ISBN 978-3-935890-38-0.
Screenplays
Non-fiction
- 2007 Paper Trails ( collection of articles )