Gary Buslik | |
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Born | 1946 (age 76–77) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | fiction, travel writing |
Subject | travel writing, literature |
Notable works | A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean The Missionary's Position Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls |
Gary Buslik (born 1946 in Chicago) is an American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, and essayist.
His work has appeared in many literary and commercial magazines and anthologies. His travel-essay collection A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean (Travelers' Tales, 2008) [1] won the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Book Award. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and earned his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [2] He had novels published in 1999 and 2012.
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Buslik's love-hate relationship with this part of the world is the subject of his new book, A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean (Travelers' Tales)