Sean Patrick Wilsey (born May 21, 1970) is the author of the memoir ''
Oh the Glory of It All'', published by
Penguin
Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...
in 2005.
Born and raised in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, Wilsey is the son of Al Wilsey (1919–2002), a businessman, and
Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist. He is the stepson of socialite and philanthropist
Dede Wilsey
Diane Buchanan "Dede" Wilsey is a San Francisco socialite, Republican Party donor, and philanthropist. She is the widow and heir of the San Francisco dairy and real estate businessman Al Wilsey, and the Chair Emerita of the Fine Arts Museums of ...
.
Wilsey is a former editor-at-large for
''McSweeney's Quarterly Concern''. His newest book, a wide-ranging series of essays, ''More Curious'', was published by McSweeney's in 2014.
He is married to Daphne Beal, who is also a writer.
Bibliography
Books
* ''
Oh the Glory of It All'' (2005)
* ''The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup'' (As Editor with Matt Weiland and Franklin Foer, 2006)
* ''
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America'' (As Editor with Matt Weiland, 2008)
* ''More Curious'' (2014)
Essays and reporting
Peace is a Beautiful Thing (11 Apr. 2005)
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Interviews
Interview with Sean Wilsey (16 Sept. 2014)
Honest Writing is Funny (19 Aug. 2014)
References
1970 births
American memoirists
Living people
Writers from San Francisco
American biographers
The New Yorker people
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