Christopher Coe Explained

Christopher Coe
Birth Place:Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Education:Columbia University

Christopher Coe (September 6, 1994) was an American novelist.

Life

Coe was born in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, and raised in Portland, Oregon. As an adult he lived in both New York City and Paris. Educated at Columbia University, he was a classmate of Amy Hempel, David Leavitt and Anderson Ferrell.[1]

His first novel, I Look Divine, was published in 1987; his second, Such Times, was published in 1993. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Clark, William Lane. 1993. Christopher Coe. Emmanuel S.. Nelson. Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Connecticut. Greenwood Press. 7176. 0-313-28019-3. registration.
  2. News: Christopher Coe, 41; Wrote Gay Novels . . September 8, 1994 . https://archive.today/20120907075552/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/08/obituaries/christopher-coe-41-wrote-gay-novels.html . September 7, 2012.