Wise Men and Other Stories

by Mike O'Mary

Overview

A collection of stories from real life that blend humor and poignancy in the tradition of Robert Fulghum, Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, and other humorists. The collection starts with "Wise Men," a story from the author's childhood about a poor kid who is cast as a wise man in a school Christmas play. That story was published in newspapers across the nation and broadcast on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program. Many other essays in this collection were also read by the author as part of "Morning Edition" on Northern Illinois Public Radio, and published in the Sunday magazines of the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Baltimore Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Detroit Free Press and elsewhere.

O'Mary has a gift for simple, frank exposition of life's most poignant moments," says author Stephen Parrish (The Tavernier Stones). Enjoy this collection of humorous and thoughtful stories this holiday season and for many holidays to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982579411
Publisher:	Dream of Things
Publication date:	11/30/2009
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

Mike O'Mary is a writer of essays, fiction, drama and sketch comedy. He has published stories and essays in Catholic Digest and in the Sunday magazines of the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Baltimore Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Detroit Free Press, and he has written and produced sketch comedy in Chicago. He was also a commentator on WNIJ - Northern Illinois Public Radio from 1996 to 2000, doing weekly commentaries as part of the local segment of National Public Radio's Morning Edition program.
Mike is a graduate of Knox College (BA in Economics and English-Writing), the University of Montana (MFA in Creative Writing, MA in English Literature), and the Second City Comedy Writing Program. In addition to his creative work, Mike has more than 20 years of experience in corporate communications, producing speeches, annual reports and other executive communications for the CEOs of many leading companies, including AAR Corporation, Andrew Corporation, Bank One, DeKalb Genetics Corporation, Discover Financial Services, Federal Signal, GE Zenith Controls, Hewitt Associates, Nicor Inc., RR Donnelley, Tellabs, UOP and others.