Michael Perry Author Event & Signing

Author and humorist Michael Perry will speak at the Marshalltown Public Library on Thursday, November 21 at 6:00pm in the library's Community Meeting Rooms. Beaverdale Books will have books for sale and signing after the event. 

Michael  Perry  is  an  accidental  New  York  Times  bestselling  author, corporate  speaker,  humorist,  singer/songwriter,  amateur  snow  plow driver, and playwright from New Auburn, Wisconsin. Perry will speak and then we will have books and other merch for sale and signing after the presentation. 

Perry’s  bestselling  memoirs  include  Population:  485  (subsequently adapted  for  the  stage),  Truck:  A  Love  Story  ,  Coop  ,  Visiting  Tom  ,  and Montaigne  in  Barn  Boots.  Among  his  other  dozen  titles  are  The Scavengers  (for  young  readers),  his  novel  The  Jesus  Cow,  Peaceful Persistence,  Hunker,  and  his  most  recent  book  ,  the  novella  Forty Acres  Deep  .  Raised  on  a  small  Midwestern  dairy  farm,  Perry  put himself  through  nursing  school  while  working  on  a  ranch  in  Wyoming, then  detoured  into  writing.  He  lives  with  his  wife  and  two  daughters  in rural  Wisconsin,  where  he  still  makes  an  occasional  call  with  the  local volunteer  fire  and  rescue  service.  He  hosts  the  nationally-syndicated "Tent  Show  Radio,"  performs  widely  as  a  humorist,  and  tours  with  his band  the  Long  Beds.  His  three  live  humor  albums  include  Never  Stand Behind  A  Sneezing  Cow  and  The  Clodhopper  Monologues  .  He  can  be found  online  at  www.sneezingcow.com.  Michael  also  hosts  a subscription audio newsletter at www.michaelperry.substack.com . 

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Marshalltown Public Library and is free and open to the public. For more questions, please contact the library's Information Desk at 641-754-5738 ext. 2. 

Photo credit: Lee Butterworth Photography.