Thomas McGuane is the author of several highly acclaimed novels, including The Sporting Club; The Bushwhacked Piano, which won the Hilda Rosenthal Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters; Ninety-two in the Shade, which was nominated for the National Book Award; Panama; Nobody’s Angel; Something to Be Desired; To Skin a Cat, a collection of short stories; and An Outside Chance, a collection of essays on sport. His books have been published in seven languages. He lives in Sweet Grass County, Montana.