Shawn Vestal

Shawn Vestal is an American author based in the state of Washington. He is best known for his collection of short stories, Godforsaken Idaho,[1] which earned him the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2014. He currently lives in Spokane where he served as a columnist for The Spokesman-Review.[2][3] He retired from the newspaper in March 2024.[4] He and his wife Amy Cabe have a son, Cole Vestal.

Bibliography

  • Godforsaken Idaho (2013) Little A/New Harvest ISBN 0544027760
  • Daredevils (2016) Penguin Press ISBN 1101979895

References

  1. ^ ""Inside the Gray Bubble of Those Days": Shawn Vestal's "Godforsaken Idaho" - Los Angeles Review of Books". 21 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Shawn Vestal". InvestigateWest. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  3. ^ kanopi_admin (2016-06-28). "The PEN Ten with Shawn Vestal". PEN America. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  4. ^ "Shawn Vestal: So long, and thanks for reading". Spokesman.com. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
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