Education
Temple University.
Temple University.
He formerly penned "The Imbiber" for Playboy. He was also a columnist for Wine Access in Canada and a nightlife guide for Mutineer magazine. He worked as a staff writer for the Emmy-nominated television show Talk Soup and freelance joke writer for Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update”, Dunn’s semi-fictional memoir called Nobody Likes a Quitter (and other reasons to avoid rehab) was critically acclaimed, and was published in November 2007 by Perseus Books.
His second book, Living Loaded: Tales of sex, salvation and the pursuit of the never-ending happy hour was published by Random House/Crown in February 2011.
"Living Loaded" was developed into a scripted comedy series for Fox by Dunn and Rob McElhenney, creator of the Forex series, lieutenant"s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Glenn Howerton, star of lieutenant"s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, cited Dunn as the "driving force" behind The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today, a faux self-help which lists the show’s characters as authors.
lieutenant was published by Dey Street Books/HarperCollins in January 2015. Dunn’s work appeared in numerous high-profile publications including Gentlemen’s Quarterly, United States of America Today, Maxim, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Style, and Entertainment Weekly.
Prior to being picked up by Playboy in 2009, Dunn’s “The Imbiber” column appeared weekly for several years in Metro International.
Dunn was a regular guest on the Playboy Radio Morning Show on Sirius/XM satellite radio, The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis, and hosted The Imbiber Show podcast for The New Normal Network. He has made guest appearances on The Adam Carolla Show and Conan. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a 1991 graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor in journalism.