David Wong biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of David Wong

Author Name:

David Wong

Born As:

Jason Pargin

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Born:

10 Jan 1975

Died:





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Humorist, novelist, writer                          
Jason Pargin (born January 10, 1975), known by his pen name David Wong, is an American humor writer. He is the executive editor of humor website Cracked.com, a recurring guest in the Cracked Podcast, and has written four novels: John Dies at the End (2007), This Book Is Full of Spiders (2012), Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits (2015), and What the Hell Did I Just Read (2017). John Dies at the End was adapted into a film of the same name in 2012.                          
                          
                          
Wong was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He and fellow Internet writer John Cheese (real name Mack Leighty) attended high school together and met during an art class they shared.Wong then attended the Southern Illinois University (SIU) radio-television program, graduating in 1997. While at SIU, he was part of a TV show on Alt.news cable TV called Consumer Advocate. A number of episodes were produced.He lived in Marion, Illinois until 2014, when he moved to Nashville.