Michael perry author biography
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Perry, Michael –
PERSONAL: Born ; married. Education:University of Wisconsin—Eau Clare, B.S.,
ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Perennial/HarperCollins, 10 E. 53rd St., 7th Fl., New York, NY E-mail—[email&#;protected].
CAREER: Writer, essayist, musician, registered nurse, emergency medical technician, and volunteer firefighter. Has worked as a cowboy in Wyoming, heavy-machinery operator, truck driver, humorist, proofreader, physical therapy aide, surgeon's assistant, actor in commercials, country music roadie, operator for a suicide hotline, and character actor.
WRITINGS:
Handbook for Freelance Writing, NTC Business Books (Lincolnwood, IL),
Population: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time (biography), HarperCollins (New York, NY),
Off Main Street: Barnstormers, Prophets, and Gatemouth's Gator (travel essays), Perennial (New York, NY),
Contributor to periodicals, including Esquire, Newsweek, Utne Reader, Cowboy, Outside, Men's Health, , New York Times Magazine, and Backpacker.
WORK IN PROGRESS: A new nonfiction book.
SIDELIGHTS: Multifaceted author Michael Perry boasts a resume that includes a varied litany of jobs, travels, and experiences that serve as the foundation of his career as a freelance writer. In addition to having a degr
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Michael Perry is a farm boy turned humorist, New York Times bestselling author, volunteer firefighter/first responder, corporate speaker, and amateur snow plow driver from rural Wisconsin. After leaving you laughing (and nodding, and sometimes getting misty) from his “reflective roughneck” takes on life in rural America, He also produces the popular audio newsletter “Michael Perry’s Voice Mail.”
Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population: (subsequently adapted for the stage),Truck: A Love Story, Coop, Visiting Tom, and Montaigne in Barn Boots. Among his other dozen titles are The Scavengers (for young readers), his novel The Jesus Cow,Peaceful Persistence, Hunker, and his most recent release, the novella Forty Acres Deep. Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then detoured into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters in rural Wisconsin, where he still makes an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service. He performs widely as a humorist (his live humor albums include Never Stand Behind A Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues), tours with his band The Long Beds, and lives online at
Perry’s writing assignments have taken him