John Joseph Grogan (/ˈɡroʊɡən/ GROH-gən; born March 20, 1957) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer.
Grogan was born to a Catholic family of Irish descent in Detroit, Michigan on March 20, 1957, the youngest of four siblings.
[1][2] His father, Richard,[2] was an engineer for General Motors and a Navy veteran, while his mother, Ruth Marie,[1] was a stay-at-home mom.
He attended Central Michigan University, where he double majored in Journalism and English, and wrote for the school newspaper, CM-Life.
In 1985, he received a fellowship into the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Reporting at Ohio State University, where he earned a master's degree in Journalism, graduating in 1986.
After the fellowship, he was hired as a bureau reporter at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, eventually promoted to metropolitan columnist.
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[15] He lives in Coopersburg,[16] rural eastern Pennsylvania, in a 1790 farm home[13] with his wife and two Labrador retrievers, Louie[17] and Wallace.