Arik Bjorn

ARIK BJORN is a novelist and essayist, but most importantly, a dad. He enjoys French silk pie as well as a quality shot of bourbon—well, that was before rehab. Now it's Fresca.

His writing explores such themes as the Problem of Pain and building Civilization—or at least humanity's efforts to-date.

Bjorn has published 11 books. His most recent title, BRONX NIGHTS is "an epic, Autistic, Long COVID, Big Apple memoir." Amidst Godzilla on the George Washington Bridge and all the talking skyscrapers, the author searches desperately for a cure for Long COVID and heartbreak.

Bjorn's most popular book is UBER NIGHTS, a memoir about his late-night rideshare adventures in the Deep South. In South Carolina, you never know if your next passenger will be a naked lady with a toothbrush, a banana spider or a punch-drunk redneck.

Before that, he published THIS IS NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK: AND YOU CAN TOO!, is a Jesus take the wheel (of cheese) health recovery journey memoir. If you're going to lose 85 pounds, might as well write about it.

Bjorn has also published a novel, THE PRODIGAL, as well as three essay collections: WAITING FOR CIVILIZATION, THE R-RATED THEOLOGIAN, and WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PARROTS.

He has one short story collection, BIRDS OF A FEATHER, as well as a book of verse, POCKET LINT.

SO I RAN FOR CONGRESS chronicles his experience running for U.S. Congress. SHOW & TELL AT WORLD'S END is a social media diary about life in South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He holds degrees in archaeology, ancient languages, and library science. He loves snow and hippos and enjoys retelling the story of how he was once shat upon by pigeons during Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre then fled down the Via Dolorosa in search of a towel.

To read more of Arik Bjorn's writings, visit his Linktree at /arikbjorn

ARIK BJORN lives in New York City. He is working on a new memoir, "Behind the Wheel: New York."