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Georgetown University.
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"...a whip-smart, hilarious, and deeply moving meditation on fatherhood and marriage." --Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and All About Lulu "In vivid Crayola yellow, Olear brilliantly highlights the bliss and pathos, fear, loathing and lusting of 21st century parenthood. Yet beneath the sippy cups, crumpled Happy Meal bags, and Mom Jeans intertwined with another dad's sweatpants on the floor of this runaway minivan of a novel lies much more. FATHERMUCKER is nothing less than a moving and sneakily profound meditation on what it means to exist in these absurd and troubling times." -- James P. Othmer, author of The Futurist and Holy Water "..a book you can't wait for your friends to read, too -- an exhilarating and fearless celebration of life's highs, lows, and all the glorious in-betweens." -- Maria Semple, author of This One Is Mine "Fathermucker is a staggering achievement. A reflection on love, marriage and parenthood, so astoundingly honest, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuine, it will break your heart." -- Robin Antalek author of The Summer We Fell Apart "I LOVE this book. Packed with fantastically spot-on parenting details, and so funny, I kept reading it out loud to everyone around me (Yes, even the kids. Let's hope they don't remember)." -- Lenore Skenazy, author of the book and blog Free Range Kids "With candor and wit, Greg Olear takes the reader to the most uncomfortable truths of marriage and parenthood--and yet Fathermucker oozes with vulnerability and love. I burst into tears several times while reading this novel, and was beyond moved by the anguished acceptance of young Roland's autism. Compassionate, insightful, and laugh-out-loud funny." -- Susan Henderson, author of Up from the Blue "Funny, wise, sexy...this claustrophobic vision of contemporary parenting hits home." -- Thelma Adams, author of Playdate "Only a writer with the verve, daring and great talent of Greg Olear could pull off a novel that deals with sippy cups, masturbation, autism spectrum disorder, affairs, and playdates all at once. Fathermucker is delightfully unexpected, wholly original, and a joy to read." -- Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Drinking Closer to Home
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“Smart, unexpected, and wonderfully savage in its humor. Totally Killer nails, without mercy, the mood and minutiae of a weary America at the end of the 20th century.” —Brad Listi, author of Attention. Deficit. Disorder. Debut novelist Greg Olear gets nostalgic for a recently bygone era with Totally Killer—a quirky, darkly funny, and fiendishly clever noirish tale of intrigue and suspense. The ’90s are back in this brilliant collision of conspiracy theory and pop culture that ingeniously blends assassination, politics, paranoia, Dick Cheney, CIA duplicity, and Duran Duran. The raves are already rolling in for this wonderfully twisted tale of an innocent and beautiful young Midwestern girl who finds a “totally killer” job through a most unusual employment agency in New York City. Jerry Stahl, bestselling author of Permanent Midnight, says, “The title doesn’t lie—Totally Killer truly is.”
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Georgetown University.
His work is noted for its dark humor and frequent references to popular culture. He is a founding editor of The Weeklings, an online arts & culture magazine. He was the senior editor of Brad Listi"s online literary magazine The Nervous Breakdown.
His work has also appeared at The Huffington Post, Babble.com, The Rumpus, The Millions, Chronogram, and Hudson Valley Magazine.
The French-language edition of Totally Killer was published in 2011 by Editions Gallmeister, and has received favorable notices in L"Express and Rolling Stone. Personal
Born in Madison, New Jersey, he attended Georgetown University, where he studied with theatre professor Donn B. Murphy.
He taught creative writing at Manhattanville College, along with Jonathan Tropper. A longtime resident of New York City, he now lives in New Paltz, New York with his family.
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