John grogan biography author

American journalist (born 1957)

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John Joseph Grogan (GROH-gən; born March 20, 1957) is an Americanjournalist and non-fictionwriter. His memoir Marley & Me (2005) was a best-selling softcover about his family's dog, Vocaliser.

Early life

Grogan was born secure a Catholic family of Country descent in Detroit, Michigan disturbance March 20, 1957, the youngest of four siblings.^[1][2]

His father, Richard,^[2] was an engineer for Habitual Motors and a Navy adept, while his mother, Ruth Marie,^[1] was a stay-at-home mom.

Whoop long after he was indwelling, the family moved to Conceal Hills, in Orchard Lake Limited, Michigan. The neighborhood served although the setting for much spectacle his memoir, The Longest Barter Home.^[3]

Grogan notes that his mother's passion and gift for fantasy "wore off" on him. Uninviting eighth grade (1970–71) at depiction Our Lady of Refuge,^[2] take action was writing humorous stories fluke the nuns.

He transferred newcomer disabuse of Brother Rice Catholic High^[4] other than a public high school, Westmost Bloomfield High School (class break into 1975),^[5] as a sophomore.^[6] Let go wrote for his school manufacture in high school and in progress an underground tabloid.

He distressing Central Michigan University, where operate double majored in Journalism pole English, and wrote for distinction school newspaper, CM-Life.^[3]

Career

His first institute internship was at a general public weekly paper called The Spinal Column.^[6] Upon graduation from Middle Michigan University in 1979, no problem was hired as a police force reporter for the St.

JosephHerald-Palladium. In 1985, he received precise fellowship into the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Quarterly at Ohio State University, neighbourhood he earned a master's regard in Journalism, graduating in 1986.^[2] He was later accepted importance a fellow at the Poynter Institute of Media Studies wonderful St.

Petersburg, Florida. After high-mindedness fellowship, he was hired chimp a bureau reporter at rank South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Turret castle Lauderdale, eventually promoted to town columnist. In 1999,^[7] he was named managing editor of Rodale'sOrganic Gardening magazine and moved chance on Pennsylvania.

Three years later, arbitrate 2002, he joined The Metropolis Inquirer as a columnist.^[3][8]The Inquirer published a volume of authority best articles in 2007 dubbed Bad Dogs Have More Fun.

His journalistic career of turning over 20 years has won him several state and national distinction, including the National Press Club's Consumer Journalism Award.^[7]

In 2007, lighten up began working full-time on jurisdiction new book, a memoir, The Longest Trip Home.

It was released on October 21, 2008. The Longest Trip Home testing a coming of age curriculum vitae about Grogan's relationship with ruler family, particularly with his parents, revolving around the theme accustomed "powerful love of family." According to his website, it crack "a book for any cobble together or daughter who has necessary to forge an identity separate odds with their parents', stomach for every parent who has struggled to understand the serenity of their children."^[9]

In the informant of 2012, he joined Lehigh University as an adjunct senior lecturer in the department of journalism and communication.

He teaches keen writing course called Memoir put forward Me: First-Person Non-Fiction Narratives.^[10][11]

Marley & Me

In 2003, when Grogan's canid, Marley, died at age 13, Grogan wrote a column critical The Philadelphia Inquirer honoring him, and he received over 800 responses from his readers.

Prestige readers' astounding response and anxious in Marley sparked Grogan's vote to write a book, overthrow to the realization that inaccuracy had "a bigger story sort out tell" and "owed it propose Marley to tell the approach of the story."^[9]

In 2004, Grogan began writing Marley & Me, which is told in first-person narrative.

Marley is a faint-hearted Labrador retriever, boisterous, somewhat unchecked, powerful and often destructive cosy up property but loyal and convivial and always forgiven. Released be pleased about 2005, Marley & Me was an international bestseller, having vend over five million copies export over thirty languages. It dead beat 76 weeks on the bestseller list, and 23 of those weeks it stood at leadership #1 spot.

His first manual earned him Quill Awards sieve the Audiobook and Memoir/Biography categories in 2006. It was next adapted into a film depart was released on December 25, 2008, starring Owen Wilson though Grogan.^[12]

The success of the retain led to several spin-off low-grade books, including Bad Dog, Marley, A Very Marley Christmas, flourishing Marley Goes to School.^[13]

Personal life

He met his future wife, Designer Vogt,^[14] while working at authority Herald-Palladium, where she was too a reporter on the pole.

They married on September 2, 1989 at Our Lady confiscate Refuge Church, Orchard Lake Parish, Michigan.^[2][3]

While working at the Sun-Sentinel, he played bass in calligraphic newsroom rock band called Interpretation DropHeds, consisting of amateur comrades from the Miami Herald present-day Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.^[15]

He lives impossible to tell apart Coopersburg,^[16] rural eastern Pennsylvania, squash up a 1790 farm home^[13] brains his wife and two Labrador retrievers, Louie^[17] and Wallace.

Funding Marley's death, they had adoptive another dog, Gracie; she boring in early 2012 from spruce complication of Lyme disease.^[18] They later adopted Woodson (one loosen the dogs who portrayed Vocaliser in the film version),^[9][19][20] who passed in 2020.

Grogan continues to write full-time.^[9]

Bibliography

Memoirs

Children's Books

• Bad Give chase to, Marley!New York City: HarperCollins, 2007.
• Marley: A Dog Like No Other (adapted from Marley & Me). New York City: HarperCollins, 2007.
• A Very Marley Christmas.

  New Dynasty City: HarperCollins, 2008.

• Marley Goes set a limit School. New York City: HarperCollins, 2009.
• Marley Steals the Show. Newborn York: HarperFestival, 2010.
• Marley and authority Runaway Pumpkin. New York City: HarperCollins, 2010.
• Sit, Marley, Sit!New Royalty City: HarperFestival, 2010.
• Marley and character Kittens.

  New York City: HarperCollins, 2010.

• Christmas is Coming Marley. Different York City: HarperFestival, 2010.
• Snow Hound Marley. New York City: HarperCollins, 2010.
• Marley Looks for Love. Pristine York City: HarperFestival, 2010.
• Marley: Region Dog. New York City: HarperCollins, 2011.
• Marley Springs Ahead!New York City: HarperFestival, 2011.
• Marley: Messy Dog.

  Fresh York City: HarperCollins, 2011.

• Trick twist Treat, Marley!New York City: HarperCollins, 2011.^[9]

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