Pete Fromm

Pete Fromm (born September 29, 1958) is an American author of novels, short stories, and memoirs.

Biography Fromm was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from the University of Montana where he graduated with honors in 1981. A five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award, he is the author of five short story collections, seven novels, and two memoirs. In 2007 he wrote the screenplay for the short film Dry Rain, based on his story of the same name, and in 2013 the film of his novel, As Cool As I Am, was released, starring Claire Danes, James Marsden, and Sarah Bolger. His latest novel in the U.S. was A Job You Mostly Won't Know How To Do, published in May 2019, and in September 2019 in France. His novel "Le Lac De Nulle Part" (Lake Nowhere) was published in France in January, 2022, and his novel, "Imperatrice Des Airs", (Empress of the Air) in May, 2025. He has been on the faculty of Pacific University's MFA in Writing program since 2005, and lives in Montana.

Works

Novels Imperatice Des Airs, 2025 Le Lac De Nulle Part, 2022 A Job You Mostly Won't Know How To Do, 2019 If Not For This, 2014 As Cool as I Am, 2003 How All This Started, 2000 Monkey Tag, 1994

Memoir Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness, 1993 The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds, 2017

Short Story collections The Tall Uncut, 1992 King of the Mountain: Sporting Stories,1994 Dry Rain, 1997 Blood Knot, 1998 Night Swimming, 1999

Awards Fromm has been awarded the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award five times: in 1994 for the memoir Indian Creek Chronicles; in 1998 for the story collection Dry Rain; in 2001 for the novel, How All This Started: in 2004 for the novel As Cool As I Am, and in 2015 for the novel If Not For This.