ISAAC
FITZGERALD

Photo credit: Maddie McGarvey

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus, McSweeney’s, BuzzFeed Books, and BuzzFeed News’ Twitter morning show #AMtoDM, Isaac appears frequently on The Today Show and is the author of the national bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes). Isaac’s writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Boston Globe, and numerous other publications. These days he lives in Brooklyn where he is working on two books forthcoming from Bloomsbury: a YA novel, and an essay collection titled Dirtbag, Massachusetts.

Follow Isaac on Twitter and Instagram.

Follow his adventures on foot at Walk It Off.

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BOOKS:

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SELECTED ESSAYS:

“How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ Saved Me”
“When Covid Hit, I Started Walking 20,000 Steps a Day – It’s Changed My Life”
“How the Show ‘Alone’ Sparked a Solo Trip and a Tough Realization”
“When Your Barber Assumes You’re A Racist Too”
“How I Found A Steady Soundtrack For An Unsteady Life”
“The True Story Of My Teenage Dirtbag Fight Club”
“Confessions Of A Former Former Fat Kid”
“Why I Stopped Running From New York”
“High For The Holidays”

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AGENT:

Charlotte Sheedy
Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency
P.O. Box 19
Hudson, New York 12534
212-780-9800
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

Trinity Ray
The Tuesday Agency
404 East College Street, Suite 408
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
319-338-5640
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