Chris Flynn
Pulling Teeth; Cold Calling
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Clancy Martin: I worked at the buy counter at the Forth Worth Gold and S…
Misspent Youth; Reading 'Fup'
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Nam Le: I ran through the usual money-makers of misspent youth: door-knoc…
Fake Paintings; Perfume Tester
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. M. J. Hyland: From the age of eighteen to twenty-one, I worked any job…
Night Shifts; Manufacturing Arrows
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. John Brandon: I did my best for a while at a lumber mill that fashioned …
Equestrian Summer Camp; Desolation Canyon Ranger
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Laura van den Berg: A friend and I once spent two summers running an eque…
Busker; Deposition Delivery
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Glen David Gold: The summer I was seventeen, I delivered depositions for …
Labor Days
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Here, in honor of Labor Day, T. C. Boyle and Jim Shepard present stories o…
Delivering Chinese; Self-Esteem Bingo
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Darin Strauss: I worked freelance at The Aspen Times as a nightlife corresp…
Rubbish Collector; Barman
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Sophie Cunningham: I was once a "Do the Right Thing" girl for the Env…
Singing Cowgirl; Cigarette Boy
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Jessica Anthony: I was a singing-telegram cowgirl in upstate New York in …
Wells Tower, DBC Pierre, and Tobias Wolff
Most dust jackets list only literary accomplishments, but I've always been a fan of offbeat author bios. So I asked some of my favorite writers to describe their early jobs. Wells Tower: When I was nineteen, I worked briefly as a garbage man. My bo…