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Here, journalists and students writing papers will find factual information about the author and his works. A general biography is available here.

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Born:
October 23, 1965, Pittsburgh, PA

Raised:
Western Massachusetts
(Shutesbury, Amherst, Northampton)

Education:
No formal education beyond elementary school

Work:
Advertising copywriter from Nov. 1985 - June 2002

Books, in order of publication:
Sellevision 2000
Running with Scissors, 2002
Dry, 2003
Magical Thinking, 2004
Possible Side Effects, 2006
A Wolf at the Table, 2008

Books, in the order they were written:
Dry, Begun as my journal, May, 1995
Sellevision, written in 1999
Running with Scissors, written 2000
Dry, continued since 1995, finished writing 2002
Magical Thinking, written 1992-2003
Possible Side Effects, written 2005 -2006
A Wolf at the Table, written 2005 -2007

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