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 gregory spatz haverford , iowa writers ' workshop college university of new hampshire university of iowa
gregory spatz

gregory spatz -lrb- born 1964 -rrb- 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 .
