Klosterman is the author of twelve books, including two novels and the essay collection Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto.

He graduated from Wyndmere High School in 1990, and then from the University of North Dakota in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism with a minor in English literature.

He has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.

Though initially recognized for his rock writing, Klosterman has written extensively about sports and began contributing articles to ESPN's Page 2 on November 8, 2005.

[9] In 2008, Klosterman spent the summer as the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the Leipzig University's Institute for American Studies in Germany.

[10] Klosterman was an original member of Grantland, a now-defunct sports and pop culture web site owned by ESPN and founded by Bill Simmons.