Doug Worgul

Doug Worgul
Born	September 13, 1953 (1953-09-13) (age 58) Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Occupation	Writer

Doug Worgul (born September 13, 1953) is an American writer and editor based in Kansas City.

Worgul was raised mostly in Lansing, Michigan, the oldest of three siblings. He graduated from J.W. Sexton High School in 1971. He attended Gordon College (Massachusetts) from 1971-1972. He graduated from Western Michigan University in 1976 with a B.A. in political science, and again in 1977 with a M.A. in education, with an emphasis on the teaching of reading.

Worgul moved to Kansas City in 1989 and has worked for the Kansas City Star newspaper as a book and features editor and editor of Kansas City Star Magazine. He was also editor of Kansas City Magazine. Prior to his work as a journalist, Worgul was a social worker and an advertising and marketing consultant. He is currently the director of marketing at Oklahoma Joe's BBQ in Kansas City, named by Anthony Bourdain as one of the "Thirteen Places to Eat Before You Die."

A nationally recognized authority on the history and cultural significance of American barbecue traditions, Worgul's first novel, Thin Blue Smoke, set in a fictional barbecue joint in Kansas City, is a story of love, loss, despair, redemption, squandered gifts, second chances, whiskey, God, and the secret language of rabbits. It was was published by Macmillan Publishers in 2009. Thin Blue Smoke is distributed in the United States, by Trafalgar Square Publishing. A strong sense of place permeates Worgul's writing. His writing has been compared to that of John Irving, Richard Russo, and Frederick Buechner.

Worgul has four daughters and three grandsons. He lives in Leawood, Kansas with his wife.

Novels

• Thin Blue Smoke (Macmillan, 2009)

Non-Fiction

• A Table Full of Welcome (Kansas City Star Books, 2002)
• The Grand Barbecue: A Celebration of the History, Places, Personalities and Techniques of Kansas City Barbecue (Kansas City Star Books, 2001)
• Kansas City Quiltmakers: Portraits & Patterns (Kansas City Star Books, 2001)

References

• "Meet Kansas City", Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, 2008, [1]
• Author bio, www.panmacmillan.com, [2]

External links

• Official website
• "Space Oddity", Kansas City Star, September 6, 2003
• Thin Blue Smoke on Amazon

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Name	Worgul, Doug
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Date of birth	September 13, 1953
Place of birth	Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
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