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

Life

Coe was born in

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, and raised in

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. As an adult he lived in both

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and

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. Educated at

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, he was a classmate of

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and Anderson Ferrell. 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

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singer. Coe died of

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on September 6, 1994, at his home in

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References

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