Mike Magnuson

This author was recommended by Dan Wickett. According to Dan, Magnuson moved from writing about an Ohio "repo worker for a rental agency" in his first novel, The Right Man for the Job, to evangelists and weathermen in rural Wisconsin in his second, The Fire Gospels. Magnuson then published two works of creative nonfiction back-to-back. Lummox is, according to Dan, "as politically incorrect as humanly possible and all the better for it." Magnuson's most recent nonfiction is Heft on Wheels, which "follows Mike's lifestyle change from being a slightly overbearing heavyweight drinker, to an extremely lean, non-drinking, non-smoking (though maybe still a bit overbearing) cyclist." Dan's also happy to repeat a rumor that Magnuson's "working on fiction again, which is great for readers of damn entertaining literary fiction!"

More about Mike Magnuson
+  Dan's interview with Magnuson
+  Magnuson's catalog bio at Crown Publishing
+  Bookslut's review of Heft on Wheels

Comments

[John]

I heartily second this. The great thing about Magnuson is that he's a regular guy who is more than willing to poke fun at himself. In doing so, however, he makes broader points about us all. Lummox is laugh-out-loud funny, and his novels are good if not great. If he still has them available, pick up a copy of "Loud!" from his web site, a nice CD of him reading the funnier moments from Lummox.