John Shore's Biography(Books)

“John Shore is one of those rare writers
who can make people laugh and think at the

First it came out in hardback; then we did a
second printing in hardback (whoo-hoo!), then

same time. He’s one of the most talented,
funny, and deeply thoughtful writers I know.

it came out in paperback (whoo!). You can
read more about Comma Sense here.

He’s a sincere pleasure to read.”—
Richard Louv, author of the international

You can read here about my third book, I’m

bestseller, Last Child in the Woods, and Fly
Fishing for Sharks.

OK–You’re Not: The Message We’re
Sending Nonbelievers, and Why We Should Stop

John Shore is a remarkably gifted writer who

(NavPress, 2007).

knows exactly what he is doing.” —
Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of

With Steve Arterburn (author of the Every Man
series), I’ve also co-authored three books:

the Ocean (an Oprah’s Book Club selection),
Twelve Times Blessed and The Breakdown Lane.

Midlife Manual for Men (Bethany House, 2008),
Being Christian (Bethany House, 2008), and

“John Shore, the legitimate son of Kurt

Regret Free Living (Bethany House, 2008).

Vonnegut and Dave Barry, writes with a freaky
energy and humor and imagination that

Before I started writing books, I worked as
an editor and/or writer for (among others)

illuminate his characters’ and readers’
hearts. He’s the real thing.”— Richard

San Diego Magazine, The San Diego
Union-Tribune, The San Diego Reader (the

third largest alternative weekly newspaper in
America), and San Diego’s KPBS (one of the

largest public broadcasting companies in the
country). I have also done extensive writing

“Shore is a humorist whose work is more

for websites E!Online, Microsoft’s San
Diego Sidewalk, and AOL’s Digital City San

comedic than Donald Miller, and his appeal to
Christians is more direct.”—Michael

Diego. I’ve also published fifteen short
stories in little literary magazines all over

Spencer, a.k.a. The Internet Monk

the country.

Hi. My name’s John. I write for a living.
Which is better than having a real job, and

Before all that I worked as (among other
things): a recreation leader, door-to-door

no two ways about it. Which isn’t even a
complete sentence. So you can see how

encyclopedia salesman (I never sold one set),
shoe salesman (good at selling shoes that

to inspire them to want), pizza “chef,”
7-11 clerk (graveyard shift at the

most-robbed 7-11 in northern California!),
shipper-and-receiver, Taco Bell miscreant,

the CBA (Christian Booksellers Association)
is Greg Johnson, of Wordserve Literary

nanny (for the Rothschild family!), Macy’s
stock boy, truck-loading Teamster, janitor,

Group.

bookstore clerk, data input drone, Trader
Joe’s “shipmate,” Jiffy Lube monkey,

My first book, published in 2005 by Seabury
Books, was/is Penguins, Pain and the Whole

law office flunky, and church relations
manager for a Rescue Mission.

Shebang: Why I Do The Things I Do (by God, as
told to John Shore). This book is my best

I grew up—well, I got older—in the San

shot at once and for all proving to
non-Christians that just because someone is a

Francisco Bay Area town of Cupertino,
California, which when I was a kid was mostly

Christian doesn’t mean they’re insane
and/or incapable of rational thought. You can

orchards and tract homes, but later became
the very heart of Silicon Valley. Talk about

read more about Penguins here. A German
edition of Penguins came out in late 2007; a

your little town disappearing.

Korean edition is in the offing. Or off the
iffing. Or … something good, anyway.

I have been married 30 years to a woman who
gives whole new meaning to the word

My second book, which I co-wrote with Famous

“patient.” Catherine is by far and away
the smartest, kindest, funniest, wisest

Grammarian guy Richard Lederer (author of the
bestselling Anguished English series, among

others) is Comma Sense: A Fun-damental Guide
to Punctuation (St. Martin’s Press, 2005).

Brain and her infinite capacity for
immediate, absolute love.