Ian Frazier (b.1951) is an American writer and humorist. He is the author of Travels in Siberia, Great Plains, On the Rez, Lamentations of the Father and Coyote V. Acme, among other works, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He graduated from Harvard University. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
Books in order of publication:
Humor
Dating your mom. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 1986
Coyote v. Acme – 1996
Lamentations of the father. Original version. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press – 2000
Humor me: an anthology of funny contemporary writing (plus some great old stuff, too). Ecco – 2010
The cursing mommy’s book of days. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2012
Cranial fracking. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2021
Non-fiction
Nobody better, better than nobody. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 1987
Great Plains. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 1989
Family. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 1994
On the rez. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2000
The fish’s eye : essays about angling and the outdoors. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2002
Gone to New York : adventures in the city – 2005
Travels in Siberia. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2010
Hogs Wild : Selected Reporting Pieces – 2016
Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York’s Greatest Borough – 2024
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