Career
His debut novel, Couch, written in a six-month period while the author was living in Ecuador was published in 2008 by Small Beer Press. Benjamin Parzybok is the creator of Gumball Poetry, a (now defunct) journal published through gumball machines, the Psychic Book Project and the Black Magic Insurance Agency, a city-wide mystery/treasure hunt. His projects have twice been selected as Best of Portland for the Willamette Week: "Best Guy Who Walks His Talk" and "Best Quarter"s Worth of Culture."
Besides freelancing, his most recent start up is Walker Tracker, a walking community for pedometer enthusiasts.
He received a Bachelor in Creative Writing from the Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. He is also the cousin of Lucas Parzybok, who has also successfully published a book
Parzybok has cited influences including Haruki Murakami, Ursula Le Guin, and David Eddings.
