Gary Buslik

Gary Buslik ( born 1946 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer.

Life

Buslik left college with a degree in English Literature and founded in Chicago after a security company, which provided him with a steady income. 1997, at the age of 50 years, he sold the company and enrolled at the University of Illinois for English literature. There he received his doctorate in 2007 and since then holds lectures from.

Awards

• 2009: finalist in the Benjamin Franklin Book Award for A Rotten Person Travels The Caribbean

Works

Buslik writes novels and short stories that build upon during his travels actually experienced, but exaggerate details to the grotesque.

Novels

• The Missionary 's Position. Sunny Books, 1999, ISBN 978-0966551303.
• A Rotten Person Travels The Caribbean. Travelers ' Tales, 2008 ISBN 978-1932361582.
• Akhmed and the Atomic Matzo Balls. Travelers ' Tales / Solas House, 2012, ISBN 978-1609520694.

Essays

• In or Out, in: The Best Travel Writing 2010, Travelers ' Tales, 2010 ISBN 1-932361-73-1
• Lanterns of Fear, in: The Best Travel Writing 2011 Travelers ' Tales, 2011 ISBN 1-609520-08-4
• Escape, in: The Best Travel Writing Vol 9, Travelers ' Tales, 2012 ISBN 1-609520-57-2