Virtual Author Talk: Michael Perry Online
Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry
New York Times Bestselling Author of Population: 485 and The Jesus Cow
Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the experiences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday people who reside in them.
Brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium.
Can't make the event? Watch a recording of this author talk at https://libraryc.org/mcl/archive.
- Date:
- Wednesday, March 4, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Branch:
- Virtual
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Virtual Programs
About the Author: Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, corporate speaker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur snowplow driver. A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, his “reflective roughneck” takes on life in Middle America have left hundreds of thousands of readers and live audiences laughing, nodding, and sometimes misty.
Perry, a registered nurse who put himself through college working as a Wyoming cowboy and a roller-skating Snoopy produces the popular audio newsletter “Michael Perry’s Voice Mail,” performs widely as a humorist and speaker, tours with his band The Long Beds, works as a script writer, voiceover artist and audiobook narrator, and still makes an occasional call with the local volunteer fire and rescue service.