John K. Hodgman is a Former Professional Literary Agent who lives in New York. He has provided fiction, essays, reviews, profiles, quizzes, and commentary for This American Life, The Paris Review, One-Story, The New York Times Magazine, Groom Magazine, React (a website for teens), GQ, and Men's Journal, where he is a contributing editor covering the drinking-and-lobster-roll beat for their somewhat monthly food column.

For 13 months he answered questions on the subject of publishing, writing, cryptozoology, Robert Cormier, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS as part of an occasionally helpful advice column "Ask A Former Professional Literary Agent" at www.mcsweeneys.net, a task to which he hopes soon to return. Meanwhile, he hosts the Little Gray Book Lectures in Brooklyn on a monthly basis, and he remains an expert on ultra-hot hot sauces, hobbits, and the radio arts as they were once practiced at WMFO-FM, Medford, MA, from about 1988-1990, where he was briefly the host of an actual radio show. He is available to speak on these subjects, or any other, to your group, party, or corporate retreat. In fact, he is apparently desperate to do so. His nemesis is the mad Dr. Craig Kittles. He has two cats.

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This American Life: Plan B
My journey into the life of a professional liquor company mascot. It's the 1rst story after the intro.

This American Life: Superpowers
My investigation as to whether people would prefer to be invisible or to be able to fly, and what this tells us about them. It's the 2nd story after the intro.

This American Life: Living the Dream
My profile of Sam Raimi's favorite leading man Bruce Campbell, whose book I represented when I was a professional literary agent. It's the 1st story after the intro.

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