Paul Frederick Kluge (born 1942 in

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) is an American novelist living in Gambier, Ohio. Kluge was raised in

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'', June 27, 2000. Accessed February 27, 2011. "Kluge, 58, grew up in Berkeley Heights, Union County." He graduated from

Kenyon College Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio. It was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase. Kenyon College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Kenyon has 1,708 undergraduates enrolled. Its 1,000-acre campus is ...

in Gambier in 1964 and teaches

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there now. He served in the

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from 1967 to 1969 in

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. He is the author of several novels, including ''Eddie and the Cruisers'', '' Biggest Elvis'' (1997), ''A Season for War'', ''MacArthur's Ghost'', ''The Day I Die: A Novel of Suspense'', ''Gone Tomorrow'' (2008), ''A Call from Jersey'' (2010), and ''The Master Blaster'' (2012). Kluge’s oeuvre has been the subject of an entry in the ''Dictionary of Literary Biography'

Kluge's non-fiction work ''Alma Mater: A College Homecoming'' (1995) chronicles Kluge's time as a student and teacher at Kenyon College. ''The Edge of Paradise: America in Micronesia'' (1991) describes Kluge's return to Micronesia and his observations on how the American presence has affected the islands. Two of Kluge's works have been made into films: ''

Eddie and the Cruisers ''Eddie and the Cruisers'' is a 1983 American musical drama film directed by Martin Davidson with the screenplay written by the director and Arlene Davidson, based on the novel by P. F. Kluge. The sequel '' Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! ...

'', based on his novel of the same name, and ''

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'', based on a ''LIFE'' magazine article Kluge write with Thomas Moore entitled

References

External links

P. F. Kluge website
1942 births Living people Kenyon College alumni Kenyon College faculty People from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey American male novelists Novelists from New Jersey 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from Ohio People from Gambier, Ohio {{US-novelist-1940s-stub