John Grogan (journalist)
| John Grogan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Joseph Grogan March 20, 1957 Detroit, Michigan |
| Residence | Coopersburg, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Master's Degree in Journalism |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Writer |
| Notable work | Marley & Me (2005) |
| Style | Memoirs |
| Home town | Orchard Lake Village, Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Vogt (married 1989–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards |
Quill Award National Press Club's Consumer Journalism Award]] |
| Website | johngroganbooks.com |
John Grogan (/ˈɡroʊɡən/ GROH-gən; born March 20, 1957) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. His memoir Marley & Me (2005) was a best selling book about his family's dog Marley.
Grogan was born in an Irish Catholic Home in Detroit, Michigan on March 20, 1957. He was the youngest of four, his siblings being sister, Marijo, and brothers,Tim and Michael. His father, Richard, was an engineer for General Motors, while his mother, Ruth Marie, was a stay-at-home mom. Not long after he was born, the family moved to Harbor Hills, in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan. The neighbourhood served as the setting for much of his memoir, The Longest Trip Home.
Grogan notes that his mother’s passion and gift for storytelling “wore off” on him. By eighth grade (1970–71) at the Our Lady of Refuge, he was writing humorous stories about the nuns. He transferred from the Brother Rice Catholic High to a public high school, West Bloomfield High School (class of 1975), as a sophomore. He wrote for his school newspaper in high school and started an underground tabloid.
He attended Central Michigan University, where he double majored in Journalism and English, and wrote for the school newspaper, CM-Life.
His first college internship was at a community weekly paper called The Spinal Column. Upon graduation from Central Michigan University in 1979, he was hired as a police reporter for the St. Joseph Herald-Palladium. In 1985, he received a fellowship into the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Reporting at Ohio State University, where he earned a Master's degree in Journalism, graduating in 1986. He was later accepted as a fellow at the Poynter Institute of Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. After the fellowship, he was hired as a bureau reporter at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, eventually being promoted to metropolitan columnist. In 1999, he was named managing editor of Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine and moved to Pennsylvania. Three years later, in 2002, he joined the The Philadelphia Inquirer as a columnist. The Inquirer published a volume of his best articles in 2007 called Bad Dogs Have More Fun.
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