Roy Blount Jr.

writer

Roy Blount Jr. is the author of 21 books about a wide range of things, from the first woman president of the US to what barnyard animals are thinking. He is a panelist on NPR's *Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me*, the president of the Authors Guild, a member of PEN and the Fellowship of Southern Authors, a New York Public Library Literary Lion, a Boston Public Library Literary Light, a usage consultant to the American Heritage Dictionary, and an original member of the Rock Bottom Remainders. He comes from Decatur, Georgia, and lives in western Massachusetts.