John Grogan (1) (1957–)
Author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
For other authors named John Grogan, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Bestselling author, John Grogan, was born on March 20, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. He majored in journalism and English at Central Michigan University. In 1985, Grogan won a fellowship into the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Reporting at Ohio State University, where he obtained his show more Masters degree. Grogan earned a second fellowship at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. Grogan's first full-time writing job was as a police reporter for the Herald-Palladium in Michigan. Grogan has also written for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and was also editor of Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine. Grogan's book, Marley and Me, spent over seventy-six weeks on the bestseller list and was made into a movie in 2008. Grogan and his wife, Jenny, live in rural Pennsylvania. show less
Series
Works by John Grogan
Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer (2007) 407 copies, 13 reviews
Life Is Like a Sailboat: Selected Writings on Life and Living from The Philadelphia Inquirer (2009) 39 copies, 1 review
Marley and Me, Level 2, Pearson English Readers (2nd Edition) (Penguin Readers, Level 2) (2012) 18 copies
The Beginning and End of a Journey 2 copies
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Jacquot and the Angel • The Hard Way • Marley and Me • False Impression (2006) 18 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher, Bestseller-Sonderband - Der letzte Coup / Die Stellings / Marley und ich (2009) — Author — 3 copies
Het Beste Boek 247: Echo park / Kom niet aan mijn kinderen / Marley & ik / Getrouwd met een vreemdeling — Author — 2 copies, 1 review
Encounters: Real Life Reading: A Doctor's War | Mahboba's Promise | The Ship Thieves | Marley and Me (2007) — Author — 2 copies
Livros Condensados: Pompeia | Marley E Eu | Alameda Dos Namorados | Alta Segurança (2007) — Author — 2 copies
Na ostro , Mój przyjaciel Marley , Przystań Złamanych Serc , Jacquot i anioł (2007) — Author — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1957-03-20
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Central Michigan University
- Occupations
- journalist
reporter
bureau chief
columnist (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
editor-in-chief (Organic Gardening magazine) - Organizations
- Organic Gardening
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Awards and honors
- Consumer Journalism Award
- Short biography
- John Grogan is the Pennsylvania columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the former editor in chief of Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine. Previously he worked as a reporter, bureau chief, and columnist at newspapers in Michigan and Florida. His work has won numerous awards, including the National Press Club's Consumer Journalism Award. He lives on a wooded hillside in Pennsylvania with his wife, Jenny, and their three children, and a surprisingly calm Labrador retriever named Gracie. [from Marley and Me, 2005]
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Pennsylvania, USA
Florida, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Ok, ugh. I'd seen the movie, and when I came across this book at a Little Free Library, I jumped at the chance to read it, because the books are usually better than the movies.
The author's wife decide that they need a dog to help them prepare for having a baby. That is a really shitty reason to buy a pet - a pet is not a toy or 'trainer'. So they go to some backyard breeder instead of an animal shelter (at least the author and his wife knew about puppy mills and avoided THESE) and the author show more is not immediately warned off by the breeder's suspicious behavior when asked about the sire of the litter.
I was not at all charmed by Marley's behavior. The author gave in the first night Marley whined about being left in the garage. THE FIRST NIGHT. Discipline and setting limits is important for pet ownership, and the author failed that ON THE FIRST NIGHT. Not even just the first night, but the first day as when he takes Marley home, he puts the dog in the seat (instead of a crate) so this enables Marley to crawl to the dashboard and etc. He did not attempt to discipline the dog or buckle him into his seat, which set the tone for the rest of Marley's life (not to mention being extremely unsafe for not only the driver, but other motorists!!!)
Marley may have been stupid to begin with, but much of his misbehavior is squarely the fault of John and Jenny. Marley keeps eating random odds and ends around the house? Put them out of reach! Marley keeps eating food off the counters? (sandwich crusts, and Rice Krispie bars on separate occasions) Stop leaving food on the counters!!! He keeps breaking screen doors by running through them? Then get a screen door with a solid bottom panel, or bars, so he can no longer bust through them!!!!! The author complains about thousands of dollars in damages, when much of that could have been avoided with some freaking commonsense.
There was one thing that especially disgusted me. Near the end of the book, the author mentioned how when Marley would walk past the couch, he would rub the side of his face along, leaving drool along the cushions. And then do it again with the other side of his face coming along the other way. EWWWWWW (not to mention all the drool and snot on car windows from letting Marley roam around in the car) I would not have wanted to hang around at this author's house with drool everywhere and a ill-trained dog.
It became all too clear to me, that even though Marley's behavior could be very rambunctious at times, much of his bad behavior came from the owners, not his own nature. The same can be said of ill-behaved children - lack of discipline. I found this book infuriating rather than endearing. The only reason this book got more than one star was because the author had a good writing style and made me chuckle in a few parts. show less
The author's wife decide that they need a dog to help them prepare for having a baby. That is a really shitty reason to buy a pet - a pet is not a toy or 'trainer'. So they go to some backyard breeder instead of an animal shelter (at least the author and his wife knew about puppy mills and avoided THESE) and the author show more is not immediately warned off by the breeder's suspicious behavior when asked about the sire of the litter.
I was not at all charmed by Marley's behavior. The author gave in the first night Marley whined about being left in the garage. THE FIRST NIGHT. Discipline and setting limits is important for pet ownership, and the author failed that ON THE FIRST NIGHT. Not even just the first night, but the first day as when he takes Marley home, he puts the dog in the seat (instead of a crate) so this enables Marley to crawl to the dashboard and etc. He did not attempt to discipline the dog or buckle him into his seat, which set the tone for the rest of Marley's life (not to mention being extremely unsafe for not only the driver, but other motorists!!!)
Marley may have been stupid to begin with, but much of his misbehavior is squarely the fault of John and Jenny. Marley keeps eating random odds and ends around the house? Put them out of reach! Marley keeps eating food off the counters? (sandwich crusts, and Rice Krispie bars on separate occasions) Stop leaving food on the counters!!! He keeps breaking screen doors by running through them? Then get a screen door with a solid bottom panel, or bars, so he can no longer bust through them!!!!! The author complains about thousands of dollars in damages, when much of that could have been avoided with some freaking commonsense.
There was one thing that especially disgusted me. Near the end of the book, the author mentioned how when Marley would walk past the couch, he would rub the side of his face along, leaving drool along the cushions. And then do it again with the other side of his face coming along the other way. EWWWWWW (not to mention all the drool and snot on car windows from letting Marley roam around in the car) I would not have wanted to hang around at this author's house with drool everywhere and a ill-trained dog.
It became all too clear to me, that even though Marley's behavior could be very rambunctious at times, much of his bad behavior came from the owners, not his own nature. The same can be said of ill-behaved children - lack of discipline. I found this book infuriating rather than endearing. The only reason this book got more than one star was because the author had a good writing style and made me chuckle in a few parts. show less
“Seekor anjing tidak perlu mobil mewah atau rumah besar atau pakaian karya desainer kondang. Sebatang kayu basah sudah cukup…. Seekor anjing tidak peduli apakah anda kaya atau miskin, pandai atau pandir. Berikan dia hatimu, dan dia akan memberikan hatinya. Sungguh hal-hal yang sederhana.”
Marley bukanlah anjing terbaik di dunia. Juga tak ada yang menyebutnya sebagai anjing baik. Bahkan sebaliknya, Marley adalah seekor anjing yang benar-benar kacau sehingga sang pemilik, John Grogan, show more menyebutnya sebagai anjing terburuk di dunia. Terlahir dari seekor ayah yang hiperaktif, Marley hobi menabrak segalanya, rajin menelan dan memakan perabotan, hingga perhiasan. Dia suka menggerogoti furniture dan mengamuk jika badai datang.
Pertemuan Marley dengan keluarga Grogan memang tidaklah suatu kebetulan. Anjing itu mereka temukan di peternakan anjing dengan harga diskon. Sejak awal memang Marley tampaknya sudah memilih keluarga Grogan. Dan Jenny Grogan, sang istri pun telah jatuh hati pada anak anjing itu sejak pertama. Jadilah Marley anggota keluarga baru yang mereka cintai dengan sangat.
Berbagai tingkah Marley dalam buku ini sungguh ada-ada saja. Konyol dan benar-benar … khas seekor anjing! Labrador ini menjadi bintang film selama dua detik. Dikeluarkan dari kelas kepatuhannya yang pertama, sampai akhirnya lulus dalam peringkat kelima dari enam ekor anjing dalam kelas kepatuhannya yang kedua. Marley mengacau dimana-mana. Dijalanan, ia suka mengejar kucing-kucing. Di pantai, dia buang air sembarangan.
John Grogan yang merupakan seorang kolumnis di sebuah media cetak menuliskan kisah hidup anjingnya itu dengan begitu mempesona. Deskriptif, sehingga sosok Marley benar-benar menjadi bagian hidup kita sejak awal cerita. Dan ketika akhinya Marley menjadi tua dan mati, aku seperti ikut berada di bawah pohon Ceri dan menimbun tanah untuk makamnya. Marley bukanlah anjing sempurna, namun ia memiliki hati sebesar dunia untuk menyayangi orang-orang yang juga mencintainya. show less
Marley bukanlah anjing terbaik di dunia. Juga tak ada yang menyebutnya sebagai anjing baik. Bahkan sebaliknya, Marley adalah seekor anjing yang benar-benar kacau sehingga sang pemilik, John Grogan, show more menyebutnya sebagai anjing terburuk di dunia. Terlahir dari seekor ayah yang hiperaktif, Marley hobi menabrak segalanya, rajin menelan dan memakan perabotan, hingga perhiasan. Dia suka menggerogoti furniture dan mengamuk jika badai datang.
Pertemuan Marley dengan keluarga Grogan memang tidaklah suatu kebetulan. Anjing itu mereka temukan di peternakan anjing dengan harga diskon. Sejak awal memang Marley tampaknya sudah memilih keluarga Grogan. Dan Jenny Grogan, sang istri pun telah jatuh hati pada anak anjing itu sejak pertama. Jadilah Marley anggota keluarga baru yang mereka cintai dengan sangat.
Berbagai tingkah Marley dalam buku ini sungguh ada-ada saja. Konyol dan benar-benar … khas seekor anjing! Labrador ini menjadi bintang film selama dua detik. Dikeluarkan dari kelas kepatuhannya yang pertama, sampai akhirnya lulus dalam peringkat kelima dari enam ekor anjing dalam kelas kepatuhannya yang kedua. Marley mengacau dimana-mana. Dijalanan, ia suka mengejar kucing-kucing. Di pantai, dia buang air sembarangan.
John Grogan yang merupakan seorang kolumnis di sebuah media cetak menuliskan kisah hidup anjingnya itu dengan begitu mempesona. Deskriptif, sehingga sosok Marley benar-benar menjadi bagian hidup kita sejak awal cerita. Dan ketika akhinya Marley menjadi tua dan mati, aku seperti ikut berada di bawah pohon Ceri dan menimbun tanah untuk makamnya. Marley bukanlah anjing sempurna, namun ia memiliki hati sebesar dunia untuk menyayangi orang-orang yang juga mencintainya. show less
The beginning half of this book had me so annoyed I didn't want to finish it. Jenny and John showed themselves to be bad dog owners, or at least not capable of having a puppy/young dog. First it was claimed Marley was rescued, but in reality he was bought from a backyard breeder, whom they had no information about. They did not research the breed at all before purchasing a puppy either. Marley was bought as a practice test for to have children, which is a horrible reason altogether. show more Throughout the book it's mentioned he attends an obedience class that uses choke collars and that is what is used on Marley his entire life, which is cruel. They also knew he was afraid of storms and continued to do nothing until he had destroyed the room he was in and bloodied himself up multiple times. When discussing with the vet to neuter Marley, the owner really had to mull the idea over because he really thought he was going to breed Marley or that the dog would know he was missing out of sex, which is just insane. Also they let the dog fall out of a moving car, let him roam the house when they left and eat toys, pillows, ect with no regard of whether it could hurt him or not. AND THEN Jenny ends up having PPD and hitting Marley. Yes, I was crying as Marley got older and had to be put down, but that's the natural animal lover in me. The book only became enjoyable towards the end when Marley was older and had calmed down some and the owners were finally able to control him. Overall I really cannot fathom how this book became so popular and made into a movie. show less
I have avoided this book (and the movie, Thankfully!) until it popped up on a book list. So, forced to read it, I finally just sat today and downed the book in one big gulp
and I loved it. It probably has A LOT to do with the fact that I have a dog! And I love him to pieces. And he loves me and is nothing but fun (and a pain)! But, he is nothing like this dog.
I love the books that can give you the opportunity to look at your life (and maybe someone in it) and remind you how much you love show more them. My dog isn't "my dog", he's a family dog ~ and as much as he may frustrate us (or smell us all out of room!), we love him to pieces. show less
and I loved it. It probably has A LOT to do with the fact that I have a dog! And I love him to pieces. And he loves me and is nothing but fun (and a pain)! But, he is nothing like this dog.
I love the books that can give you the opportunity to look at your life (and maybe someone in it) and remind you how much you love show more them. My dog isn't "my dog", he's a family dog ~ and as much as he may frustrate us (or smell us all out of room!), we love him to pieces. show less
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