Nick Offerman
Author of Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
About the Author
Nick Offerman was born in Minooka, Illinois on June 26, 1970. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He is an actor, and carpenter. He is best known for the role of Ron Swanson in the NBC series Parks and Recreation. He has also show more appeared in several films including Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Kings of Summer, and We're the Millers. He is the owner of the Offerman Woodshop, where he builds canoes and dining room tables. He released an instructional DVD in 2008 entitled Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building with Nick Offerman. His first book, Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living, was published in 2013 and made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Nick Offerman
Works by Nick Offerman
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside (2021) 397 copies
Orange (Introduction) 1 copy
Seventy, Never Sixty-Five 1 copy
When the Snow Melts (pt.1-2) 1 copy
Revenant 1 copy
Making It 1 copy
History of Home 1 copy
Bedtime Stories for Cynics 1 copy
Associated Works
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life (2021) — Narrator, some editions — 1,256 copies
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2019) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Great North: Season 1 — Actor — 1 copy
The Great North: Season 2 — Actor — 1 copy
The Great North: Season 3 — Actor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Offerman, Nick
- Birthdate
- 1970-06-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Minooka, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Education
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA|1993)
- Occupations
- actor
writer
carpenter - Relationships
- Mullaly, Megan (Wife)
- Organizations
- National Broadcasting Company
Offerman Woodshop
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Goodman Theatre
Defiant Theatre
Members
Reviews
Lists
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 35
- Members
- 2,592
- Popularity
- #9,911
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 106
- ISBNs
- 44
- Languages
- 1
I prefer to listen to celebrity memoir/autobiography, especially when the voice is an iconic one like Nick’s, so I gave this a try again—this time using a platform with adjustable playback speed. 1.5x = perfect. Now I was able to enjoy it, laugh, ponder, and appreciate it in all its glory.
I can’t say I learned much from this book, but I was quite entertained, and my awe for Nick Offerman has increased. He’s just such an interesting human, and in many ways he *is* Ron Swanson.… (more)