Jon Winokur (born August 5, 1947) is an American writer and editor.
Born in
Detroit
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, the son of Martin M. and Elinor Winokur, he attended
Temple University
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(BA, 1970) and the
University of West Los Angeles
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(JD, 1980).
[Curt Johnson and Frank Nipp, ''Who's Who in Writers, Editors & Poets: United States & Canada, 1992-1993'' (December Press, 1992: ), p. 574.]
Books
*MasterTips (Potshot Press, 1985).
*Writers on Writing (Running Press, 1986)
*The Portable Curmudgeon (NAL, 1987)
*Zen to Go (NAL, 1988)
*A Curmudgeon’s Garden of Love (NAL, 1989)
*Friendly Advice (Dutton, 1990)
*Mondo Canine (Dutton, 1991)
*True Confessions (Dutton, 1992)
*The Portable Curmudgeon Redux (Dutton, 1992)
*Fathers (Dutton, 1993)
*Je Ne Sais What? (Dutton, 1995)
*Return Of The Portable Curmudgeon (Penguin, 1995)
*The Rich Are Different (Pantheon, 1996)
*Happy Motoring (with Norrie Epstein; Abbeville, 1997)
*Advice to Writers (Pantheon, 1999)
*How to Win at Golf Without Actually Playing Well (Pantheon, 2000)
*The Traveling Curmudgeon (Sasquatch, 2003)
*The War Between the State (Sasquatch, 2004)
*Encyclopedia Neurotica (St. Martin’s, 2005)
*In Passing (Sasquatch, 2005)
*Ennui to Go (Sasquatch, 2005)
*The Big Curmudgeon (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007)
*The Big Book of Irony (St. Martin’s, 2007)
*The Garner Files: A Memoir (with James Garner; Simon & Schuster, 2011)
*But Enough About Me: A Memoir (with Burt Reynolds; Putnam, 2015)
References
Sources
*"L.A.'s Viceroy of Vitriol: Profile of Jon Winokur," by Garry Abrams, ''Los Angeles Times'', January 15, 1990.
External links
Jon Winokur on Twitter
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With Dodgers Announcer Vin Scully, It's Always More Than Pleasant Good
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ttp://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/11/opinion/op-winokur11 You Call That Irony?
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ttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-winokur/advice-to-writers-books_b_700945.html#s133073 Advice To Writers: The Best Books On Writing Books
Interview with Jon Winokur by Scott HolleranAdviceToWriters.com*
1947 births
Jewish American writers
Jewish comedy and humor
Living people
Writers from Detroit
American humorists
21st-century American Jews
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