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

1. William Lane Clark (1993). Contemporary Gay American Novelists. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313280191.
2. "Christopher Coe, 41; Wrote Gay Novels". The New York Times. September 8, 1994.