Gary Buslik
Gary Buslik (born 1946 in Chicago , Illinois) is an American writer .
Life
Buslik graduated from college with a degree in English literature and then set up a security firm in Chicago that gave him a secure income. In 1997, at the age of 50, he sold the company and enrolled at the University of Illinois for English literature. He received his doctorate there in 2007 and has been a lecturer at the university since then. Buslik is Jewish and divorced since 2007.
Awards
- 2009: Benjamin Franklin Book Award finalist for A Rotten Person Travels The Caribbean
Works
Buslik writes novels and short stories that build on what he actually experienced during his travels, but exaggerate details into the grotesque.
Novels
- The Missionary's Position . Sunny Books, 1999, ISBN 978-0966551303 .
- A Rotten Person Travels The Caribbean . Travelers' Tales, 2008, ISBN 978-1932361582 .
- Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls . Travelers' Tales / Solas House, 2012, ISBN 978-1609520694 .
Essays
- In or Out , in: The Best Travel Writing 2010, Travelers' Tales, 2010, ISBN 1-932361-73-1
- Lanterns of Fear , in: The Best Travel Writing 2011, Travelers' Tales, 2011, ISBN 1-609520-08-4
- Escape , in: The Best Travel Writing Vol. 9, Travelers' Tales, 2012, ISBN 1-609520-57-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ CNN.com: Ditching a $ 500,000 salary to teach lit. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ UIC.edu: Gary Buslik, PhD. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Interview on DivorcedGirlSmiling.com. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
- ↑ IBPA-Online.org: 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award Winners and Finalists. Retrieved July 6, 2019 .
- ^ TravelersTales.com: A Conversation with Gary Buslik. Retrieved July 6, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buslik, Gary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |