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Shawn Vestal is an American author based in the state of Washington. He is best known for his collection of short stories, Godforsaken Idaho, [1] which earned him the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2014. He currently lives in Spokane where he is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review . He and his wife Amy Cabe have a son, Cole Vestal.

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