Gregory Spatz

Gregory Spatz (born 1964) is an American author and musician based in the state of Washington. He is most known for writing the novel ''Inukshuk'' and for ''Half as Happy'', a collection of short stories. He is a teacher at Eastern Washington University and tours with John Reischman and The Jaybirds, a bluegrass band.

Spatz has published short stories in the ''New England Review'', ''Glimmer Train'', ''Epoch'', ''The Kenyon Review'', ''The New Yorker'' and in other literary journals. In 2003, Spatz won the Washington State Book Award for ''Wonderful Tricks'' and he was the recipient of the 2012 NEA Literature Fellowship. He has also won numerous grants from the Washington State Artist Trust. Provided by Wikipedia