Sean Wilsey

Sean Patrick Wilsey (born May 21, 1970) is an American author. He is the author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All,^[4] published by Penguin in 2005.^[5]

Sean Patrick Wilsey
Born	(1970-05-21) May 21, 1970 (age 55)[1] San Francisco, California, U.S.[2]
Alma mater	The New School for Social Research[3]
Known for	Author and memoirist
Spouse	Daphne Beal (divorced)
Mother	Patricia Montandon

Born and raised in San Francisco, Wilsey is the son of Al Wilsey (1919–2002),^[6] a businessman, and Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist. He is the stepson of socialite and philanthropist Dede Wilsey.

Wilsey is a former editor-at-large for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. His newest book, a wide-ranging series of essays, More Curious, was published by McSweeney's in 2014.

He was married to Daphne Beal, now divorced, who is also a writer of the book The Land of No Right Angles.^[7]

Bibliography

Books

• Oh the Glory of It All (2005)
• The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup (As Editor with Matt Weiland and Franklin Foer, 2006)
• State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America (As Editor with Matt Weiland, 2008)
• More Curious (2014)

Essays and reporting

• "Peace is a Beautiful Thing" (11 Apr. 2005)
• Wilsey, Sean (April 22, 2013). "Open water : among the gondoliers of Venice". Personal History. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 10. pp. 40–47.

Interviews

• "Interview with Sean Wilsey" (16 Sept. 2014)
• "Honest Writing is Funny" (19 Aug. 2014)