TOP TEN FUN FACTS ABOUT ME, IAN FRAZIER
(and why you should definitely read my work)
by: Ian Frazier (with ghost writer Lizzy McGee)
- Let's face it; I'm pretty funny. Most people call me a writer AND a "humorist." Not to toot my own horn, but two of my works even won the Thurber prize for American humor. ("Coyote vs. Acme" in 1997, "Lamentations of the Father" in 2009)
- After I attended the Western Reserve Academy, I went to Harvard University. I'm practically another version of Mark Zuckerberg, except I even wrote on the school's publication, the Harvard Lampoon.
- I started writing for The New Yorker in 1979, just ONE year after I graduated! (experience? check)
- I was born in Cleveland Ohio, home of the Cleveland Indian's baseball team. (If you're in to that sort of thing.)
- I don't specialize in one area of writing because I don't want to have one expert subject that I write about. Instead, I write a variety of different things, including non-fiction, short stories, and, back in the day, even for an "adult" magazine in Chicago.
- I went to Siberia FIVE TIMES to research my latest book, Travels in Siberia. To hear me talk about my travels there, click here.
- I live in Montclair, New Jersey, the home state of Jersey Shore. (My ghost writer thought to mention this fact to help keep the interest of this younger audience...)
- My wife, Jacqueline Carey, is also an author. We have two children, Cora and Thomas.
- I wrote a book called Dating your Mom, which The New York Times critic James Gorman describes as "one of the best collections of humor ever published.
- I have AUTHORITY as an AUTHOR.
"For me, I just believe that I have paid enough attention, worked hard enough, done whatever I had to do to persuade myself I have authority"
Have I convinced you yet? Go read one of my books!
Bibliography/ For more info:
The New Yorker website
Harper Collins website
I liked the way you chose to write your post because, as far as i'm concerned, nobody else wrote theirs like this. I think it was very creative and it makes me want to find out all 10 reasons, instead of just 1. Also I like how you wrote it in his point of view and incorporated yourself as the "ghost writer". Good job!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to agree with Courtney. I like the way how you wrote the story from his point of view. Your blog has a lot of great information about your author. This was very creative to write the way you did.I think this was an all around great blog.
ReplyDeleteLizzy, as the others have said i think it is very interesting that you chose to write the story from his point of view and i think it worked really well. Nobody else chose to write like this and i think it was really fun, interesting, and courageous. Great Job.
ReplyDeleteFantastic blog post!! It is funny, well written and interesting. It really made me want to read more of the author's works. I really like how the dialogue seems so natural- it sounds like a real person talking!
ReplyDeleteI liked your blog post a lot because, well, it isn't boring. You added a voice to the author, which is nice because we can actually imagine him now. I also really like the ghost writer because it adds a sense of humor to the post, which is something that others didn't really try to do.
ReplyDeleteLizzy there isn't much to say really. It was a great idea and like Noopur said, it enabled you to feel as if Ian Fraizer himself was explaining this to me. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you all liked my ghost writer's work. I might use her again sometime!
ReplyDelete- Ian