Mike Magnuson is the author of two novels, The Right Man for the Job and The Fire Gospels; two memoirs, Lummox: The Evolution of a Man and Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180; and book of cycling humor, Bike Tribes: A Field Guide to North American Cyclists. His stories and essays have appeared in Salon, Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly, The Massachusetts Review, Men's Health, Bicycling, Backpacker, Popular Mechanics, The Big Smoke, Best American Sports Writing, and other publications. Mike lives on the north shore of Lake Winnebago, in Menasha, Wisconsin, where he is finishing on two long books and playing drums professionally. He teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at Pacific University.
