Gary Buslik
Gary Buslik | |
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| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | fiction, travel writing |
| Subject | travel writing, literature |
| Notable works | A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean The Missionary's Position Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls |
Gary Buslik (born 1946 in Chicago) is an American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, and essayist.
Career
His work has appeared in many literary and commercial magazines and anthologies. His travel-essay collection A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean (Travelers' Tales, 2008)[1] won the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Book Award. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and earned his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago.[2] He had novels published in 1999 and 2012.
References
- ^ Rackl, Lori. "Mean time in heaven; A 'Rotten' guy from Mundelein in an unspoiled tropical paradise". The Chicago Sun-Times. pp. 38, FEATURES, Travel.
Buslik's love-hate relationship with this part of the world is the subject of his new book, A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean (Travelers' Tales)
- ^ "Ditching a $500,000 salary to teach lit". CNN Money. April 30, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American travel writers
- University of Illinois Chicago alumni
- Writers from Chicago
- American male novelists
- American male essayists
- American male short story writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American essayists
- 21st-century American essayists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 1946 births
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Illinois