Tom Bissell

Tom Bissell was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. His short fiction has won two Pushcart Prizes and has been published in multiple editions of The Best American Series. He has also written eight works of nonfiction, including Apostle and (with Greg Sestero) The Disaster Artist, as well as many screenplays for video games and television. Bissell lives in Los Angeles with his family.

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

“Even when you are not ‘working on the book,’ you are working on the book.”

December 15, 2021 By Tom Bissell

Four Theories Toward the Timeless Brilliance of Infinite Jest

Tom Bissell on the Novel of Its Generation

March 21, 2018 By Tom Bissell

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