Jon Winokur (born 1947) is an American writer and editor.

Contents

• Books
• References
• External links

Born in Detroit, the son of Martin M. and Elinor Winokur, he attended Temple University (BA, 1970) and the University of West Los Angeles (JD, 1980). ^[1]

Books

• MasterTips (Potshot Press, 1985).
• Writers on Writing (Running Press, 1986)
• The Portable Curmudgeon (NAL, 1987)
• Zen to Go (NAL, 1988)
• A Curmudgeon’s Garden of Love (NAL, 1989)
• Friendly Advice (Dutton, 1990)
• Mondo Canine (Dutton, 1991)
• True Confessions (Dutton, 1992)
• The Portable Curmudgeon Redux (Dutton, 1992)
• Fathers (Dutton, 1993)
• Je Ne Sais What? (Dutton, 1995)
• Return Of The Portable Curmudgeon (Penguin, 1995)
• The Rich Are Different (Pantheon, 1996)
• Happy Motoring (with Norrie Epstein; Abbeville, 1997)
• Advice to Writers (Pantheon, 1999)
• How to Win at Golf Without Actually Playing Well (Pantheon, 2000)
• The Traveling Curmudgeon (Sasquatch, 2003)
• The War Between the State (Sasquatch, 2004)
• Encyclopedia Neurotica (St. Martin’s, 2005)
• In Passing (Sasquatch, 2005)
• Ennui to Go (Sasquatch, 2005)
• The Big Curmudgeon (Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007)
• The Big Book of Irony (St. Martin’s, 2007)
• The Garner Files: A Memoir (with James Garner; Simon & Schuster, 2011)
• But Enough About Me: A Memoir (with Burt Reynolds; Putnam, 2015)

References

External links

• “With Dodgers Announcer Vin Scully, It's Always More Than Pleasant Good”
• "Ten Questions with Jon Winokur: How to Heighten Your Sense of the Absurd"
• "You Call That Irony?"
• "Advice To Writers: The Best Books On Writing Books"
• "Interview with Jon Winokur by Scott Holleran"
• AdviceToWriters.com"
• How to Win at Golf Interview with Jon Winokur
• "L.A.'s Viceroy of Vitriol: Profile of Jon Winokur," by Garry Abrams, Los Angeles Times, January 15, 1990.

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