After the Workshop A Novel

Recalling the ease and humor of novels by Nick Hornby and Michael Chabon, "After the Workshop" tells the satirical story of a writer who confronts the demons from his past while escorting those of his present.

John McNally is the author of three novels, After the Workshop, America's Report Card, and The Book of Ralph; and two story collections, Ghosts of Chicago and Troublemakers. His first memoir was published in 2017: The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: The Memoir of a Fat Kid. He adapted his novel The Book of Ralph into the YA novel, Lord of the Ralphs. He is also author The Promise of Failure: One Writer's Perspective on Not Succeeding; Vivid and Continuous: Essays and Exercises for Writing Fiction; and The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist. A native of Chicago's southwest side, he is at present Writer in Residence and Professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is also a member of the core faculty in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He divides his time between Louisiana and North Carolina.