His essays have appeared in national magazines and newspapers, and he contributes frequently to morning television shows as a book critic.
[2] After high school, Searles worked at the DuPont factory close to his hometown[3] of Monroe, Connecticut.
[4] He went on to pursue an undergraduate degree from Southern Connecticut State University, becoming the first member of his family to attend college, before entering a graduate program at New York University on a writing scholarship,[5] where he won a number of fiction awards[3] and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing.
[1][6] After completing his master's degree, Searles took a job at Redbook magazine reading fiction submissions.
With Regis and Kelly,[7] Charlie Rose,[citation needed] and CNN[7] to discuss his favorite book selections.