Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins (born July 22, 1936) is an American author. His novels are abstract, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), which was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant.
Robbins was born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina to George Thomas Robbins and Katherine Ann Robinson. He has three younger ...
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Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins (born July 22, 1936) is an American author. His novels are abstract, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), which was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant.
Robbins was born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina to George Thomas Robbins and Katherine Ann Robinson. He has three younger sisters and both of his grandfathers were Southern Baptist preachers. Robbins lived with his family in Blowing Rock before they settled in Warsaw, Virginia in 1947. Robbins studied journalism at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1952, however left after he was ousted from his fraternity for discipline problems. In 1954 he enlisted in the Air Force after receiving his draft notice and spent two years as a meteorologist in Korea until being discharged in 1956. After he was discharged, Robbins returned to civilian life in...
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