John Hodgman

Biography

John Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist whose published work mixes satire and personal narrative. He wrote the satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, and his fiction and nonfiction have appeared in One Story (including the debut story "Villanova"), The Paris Review, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Wired, and The New York Times Magazine. He has also contributed to radio programs such as This American Life, CBC Radio One, and Wiretap, and gained wider recognition for portraying a PC in Apple’s "Get a Mac" advertising campaign and for contributions to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches, published October 24, 2017, is a collection of Hodgman’s real-life wanderings focused on Western Massachusetts, coastal Maine, and the experience of middle age. The book was a finalist for the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor; Hodgman later published Medallion Status in 2019.

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