Michael Perry

Lee Butterworth

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, volunteer firefighter and amateur snowplow driver. A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, this reflective roughneck deals with life in Middle America. Among his 25 books is his latest, "Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents." Perry is a registered nurse who put himself through college working as a Wyoming cowboy and a roller-skating Snoopy. Even now, he makes occasional calls with the volunteer fire and rescue service near his home in rural Wisconsin. 

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Awards: New York Times Bestselling Author

He Did It His Way ... and Theirs

For 30 years, author and humorist Michael Perry has been his own boss, working with a wide range of bright and creative people. Not long ago, he realized some of them had actually served as mentors, even if he didn’t know it at the time. If this is a leadership model, count us in.

Arizona Daily Star Stage (Seats 250)  
Sat, Mar 14, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: Signing - Arizona Daily Star (following presentation)  

Panelist: Michael Perry
Moderator: John Humenik
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Arizona Daily Star

Books:

Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents

How Firefighters and Poets, Truckers and Nurses, Soldiers and Singers, and Other Improbable Individuals Can Show You the Way in Business and Creativity
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Sneezing Cow Publishing
September 2025
ISBN 9798985663853
132 pages
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Forty Acres Deep

Fiction / Literature
Sneezing Cow, Incorporated
January 2023
ISBN 9798985663808
130 pages
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