Where I went to school: University of Southern California, Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, and DePaul University.

Where I live: Portland, Oregon.
   
Some of the newspapers and magazines that have published my work: The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Oregonian, The Times-Picayune, Tennis, The Faster Times.

My favorite novel about 20th-century America: All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren.

My favorite nonfiction book about 20th-century America: Boss, by Mike Royko.

Some of my favorite American writers whose best work still might be ahead of them: Richard Russo, Nicole Krauss, Mark Kriegel, Laura Hillenbrand.

The best writer I know personally: My wife.

TV series I can watch over and over: The Sopranos, Freaks and Geeks, The Bob Newhart Show.

Pet peeve: That the house where I grew up hasn't been turned into a museum in my honor.

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You can contact Doug at doug.perry@hotmail.com