McGuane, Thomas (Francis III) (1939– )

US writer. He began his writing career as a flamboyant satirist, as seen in The Bushwhacked Piano (1971). After a serious car accident in 1972, he worked as a scriptwriter in Hollywood and directed the screen adaptation of his novel, Ninety-two in the Shade (1973). He wrote about his newly hedonistic lifestyle in Panama (1977), and married for the third time in the same year. He settled down on a ranch in McLeod, Montana, and continued to write. McGuane was born in Wyandotte, Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan, Olivet College, Michigan State University, Yale University, and Stanford University.