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St. Edwards University Hilltop Views October 29, 2008 Egerton delivers laughs, enlightenment: “Enthusiastic writers, future comedians and somber students in need of a pick-me-up now have a home to explore the world of comedy at St. Edward’s University.”

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Austin Chronicle October 17, 2008 Owen Egerton Named Best Local Author 2008: The Austin Chronicle readers have spoken, and Owen Egerton has once again been voted Best Local Author in the Chronicle’s 2008 Best of Austin Readers Poll.

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Austin Chronicle October 12, 2007 Owen Egerton Voted Best Local Author:  Austin readers name Owen Egerton, author of How Best to Avoid Dying, Best Author in the Chronicle’s 2007 Best of Austin Issue.

Inside Scoop Live August 2007 Inside Scoop Live, Up Close and Personal with Owen Egerton: Juanita Watson of Reader Views interviews Owen Egerton, author of the satirical short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying.

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Reader Views Logo July 2007 Reader Views Interviews Owen Egerton, How Best to Avoid Dying: Today, Tyler R. Tichelaar of Reader Views is pleased to be joined by Owen Egerton, author of the short story collection, “How Best to Avoid Dying.”

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Philadelphia City Paper Logo July 18, 2007 On the DL, Owen Egerton: Sometimes it’s OK to laugh when people die — in fiction, anyway. Imagine a spelling bee where wild pigs devour the contestants when they miss a word, or a church camp where every other week a counselor dies in a freak accident meant to emotionally manipulate the campers into accepting Christ. Owen Egerton created these and many more twisted scenarios in his short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying, and he hopes that when he reads them to you, you will snicker.

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BLOW LogoJuly 2, 2007 Owen Egerton headlines Houston’s BLOW magazine: Get a sneak peek here.

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Austin American Statesman June 16, 2007 Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying makes Local Best-Sellers List

“More popular than Khaled Hosseini or Ian McEwan, and nearing the status of Cormac McCarthy.” -Alison Kothe, BookPeople, in response to How Best to Avoid Dying’s recent status as their second best-selling fiction title

Egerton on Austin Chronicle June 15, 2007 Egerton makes the  cover of the Austin Chronicle’s Summer Reading  Issue, and an Excerpt from How Best to Avoid Dying inside: From “The Martyrs of Mountain Peak” Kent is dead. All the kids at the camp are crying and singing and praying. They don’t know that it was my turn, not his.

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Houston Press June 15, 2007 Dying Words: Owen Egerton has written an interesting book of stories, How Best to Avoid Dying. Egerton is one of three Austin funnies who told jokes during movies as the now-defunct Sinus Show. I used to go see them when I lived in Austin, but I have to admit, that was because my roommate had a crush on one of the guys. (No, it wasn’t Owen.) (And no, she didn’t sleep with him.)

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Austin Chronicle June 10, 2007 Owen Egerton local appearance: There was positive evidence of Owen Egerton’s popularity at BookPeople on May 17. The local comedian and NPR commentator drew more than 150 fans — from members of his Quaker Friends’ group to Austin Soup Peddler David Ansel to local writers/performers Spike Gillespie and Wayne Alan Brenner — to celebrate the release of “How to Best Avoid Dying,” his collection of absurdist short fiction. The Whip-In provided libations and singer/songwriter Southpaw Jones started things off with some hilarious ditties, including one inspired by the book, a 30-second “theme song” that’ll come in handy if “How to Best Avoid Dying” is ever turned into a TV series. There was even a fresh fruit platter.

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That Other Paper June 4, 2007 Owen Egerton delivers! Yeah, the book was released about a month ago and the book-signing party hoopla is all finished, but some of us have other things to do besides sitting around reading books all day. So forgive me for getting to Owen’s collection of short stories a little later than most. Surely I’m not the only one, though, and that’s what I’m here to share with you, loyal reader.

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AustinistMay 16, 2007 Austinist Interviews Owen Egerton: While the book itself is worthy of celebration, so too is its author. Egerton is one of Austin’s renaissance men. That’s not just because he will occasionally doff tights and speak in a funny accent for the betterment of his fellow Austinites, but also because he does so much stuff. Whether as a writer, a comedic performer, a contributor to public radio, or a marriage rights activist, Egerton has been able to influence and be a part of many of the vital scenes that make up this city’s rich cultural landscape.

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Austin American Statesman May 15, 2007 Owen Egerton paints life black with humor: Owen Egerton, one of the funniest guys in Austin, a founding member of the Sinus Show comedy team, has just published his first collection of short fiction — and every single story involves death. Death at a spelling bee. Death denied to a weary Lazurus in 21st-century New York City. Death and a Christmas puppy.

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News Releases

Book Reviews

The Paisano August 26, 2008 Rave reviews of Egerton’s stories won’t die soon: How Best To Avoid Dying, a collection of short stories by Owen Egerton, is mind-blowing. This collection is not an escape from everyday problems; it is a celebration of them.”

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Rain Taxi Review of Books March 2008 Rain Taxi Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: “This is a serious book, no question, about matters of faith and love and mortality, yet it is also playful, sardonic, silly, chatty, and sometimes curt. And while this work is clearly reminiscent of the best of its kind, in a strange and intoxicating universe that includes writers from Vonnegut to Barry Yourgrau, Egerton’s take is all his own.”

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Curled Up With a Good Book Logo September 2007 Max Falkowitz Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: Rarely do stories complement each other so well as in this bizarre collection, which is at once darkly tragic, hoarsely satirical, exuberantly hilarious, and deeply moving. Egerton’s art is driven by a playfulness which rings throughout all these gems, but it far from undercuts the serious. The variety of genres in this volume from traditional short stories to blistering flash fiction, fairy tales to self-referential annotations, are all peppered with an abundance of moods and attitudes.

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Book Review Icon August 2, 2007 Rick Kleffel Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: Readers who come here to find the obscure but outstanding, rejoice! Owen Egerton offers some sterling but strange advice in his collection of short stories titled ‘How Best to Avoid Dying,’ and this is advice you’ll really enjoy hearing.

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Reader Views Logo July 2007 Reader Views Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: Owen Egerton has compiled a book of small stories in “How Best to Avoid Dying.” I have to say that I had mixed feelings as I read through some of the stories. It is very difficult to describe my feelings about them as they had the strangest affect on me. I was very disturbed by many of them, but something about them compelled me to read on. I don’t think a book has ever had quite that affect on me before. The author is an excellent writer and definitely knows how to draw a reader in.

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Book Review Icon July 18, 2007 Rachael Byrd Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: From the first sentence, Owen Egerton’s new collection of short stories is bizarre, humorous, and compelling. The book is eighteen stories long, and each story is a drop of chocolate syrup on a pine needle.

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Midwest Book Review Logo July 2007 Victoria Kennedy Reviews Owen Egerton’s How Best to Avoid Dying: This is an eclectic bunch of stories about dying and the human condition. If that sounds boring…it’s not. Each tale is a journey itself through the human psyche. Some are bizarre, but thought provoking and entertaining.

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Events

November 17, 2008

Austin, Texas
Austin Public Library’s Meet the Author series at the Spicewood Springs branch (8637 Spicewood Springs Rd.)

7-8pm

November 11, 2008

Austin, Texas
Book reading for the Utter Reading Series hosted by BookPeople

7pm

November 6, 2008

Austin, Texas
Book reading at Jo’s Coffee (1300 S. Congress) to celebrate American Short Fiction’s latest issue

7pm

November 2, 2008

Austin, Texas
Moderator for “The Worse Years of Your Life: Writing about Adolescence” event, as part of Texas Book Festival, hosted by Austin Bat Cave (1807 W. 11th St.)

8 - 9:30pm

October 18, 2008

Austin, Texas
Austin Film Festival panel with screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, Twilight
Rollins Theater (701 W. Riverside)

4pm

September 28, 2008

Austin, Texas
Banned Books reading at BookPeople to kick-off Banned Books Week

2:30 - 5pm

September 18, 2008

Austin, Texas
Hosting Funniest Fiction (and Nonfiction) in Austin! at BookPeople

7pm

September 12, 2008

Chicago, Illinois
The Dollar Store Show at The Hideout

7pm

July 15, 2008

Austin, Texas
2nd Annual Dalton Gang readings at BookPeople

7pm

December 7, 2007

Kyle, Texas
Book reading at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center

7:30 pm

November 3, 2007

Austin, Texas
Emcee for Lit Smackdown: Fiction vs. Nonfiction at the Continental Club Gallery

8 pm

November 3, 2007

Austin, Texas
Character-Driven Fiction panel at Texas Book Festival

Texas State Capitol: Capitol Extension Room E2.026

October 12, 2007

Austin, Texas
Second Panel, Now I’m Legit: 1st Time Publishing at Follett’s Intellectual Property bookstore

September 20, 2007

Austin, Texas
Visiting Writers Series at St. Edward’s University

Maloney Room, Main Building at 7:30pm

July 19, 2007

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Book signing at Robin’s Bookstore

215-735-9600

July 18, 2007

Huntington, New York
Book signing at Book Revue (on Long Island)

631-271-1442

July 14

Asheville, North Carolina
Book signing at Malaprops Bookstore

828-254-6734

July 12, 2007

Charlotte, North Carolina
Book signing at Park Road Books

704-525-9239

July 11, 2007

Atlanta, Georgia
Book signing at Indie Coffee and Books

404-378-7110

July 7, 2007

New Orleans, Louisiana
Book signing at Garden District Book Shop

504-895-2266

June 24, 2007

Houston, Texas
Book signing at Brazos Bookstore

713-523-0701

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