Thomas Eugene Robbins is an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies". Tom Robbins has lived in La Conner, Washington since 1970, where he has written nine books. His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His latest work, published in 2014, is Tibetan Peach Pie, which is a self-declared "un-memoir".
Tom Robbins, 2005
A 1967 ad for Robbins's KRAB radio show, Notes From The Underground, drawn by Walt Crowley.
La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States with a population of 965 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town hosts several events as part of the annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival held in April.
La Conner, Washington
Part of downtown La Conner, with the Swinomish Channel behind it. Rainbow Bridge at left, fishing port on the Swinomish Reservation across the channel.
A roughly 220° view of the Swinomish Channel, near downtown La Conner. Pier 7 can be seen at right.
La Conner's Rainbow Bridge crossing the Swinomish Channel