Glen Baxter

Glen Baxter(1944 - 2026) was the author of many books, including The Impending Gleam, The Billiard Table Murders, Blizzards of Tweed and Almost Completely Baxter. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Elle, Vogue, Le Monde, The Observer, and The Independent on Sunday. He was a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, and his art was often exhibited in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, and London.

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