Jack Mingo (born 1952) is an American author, journalist and beekeeper.[1] He has written Bees Make the Best Pets, The Juicy Parts, and The Couch Potato Handbook. He and a small group of media hoaxers trademarked and popularized the term couch potato.[2][3] He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reader's Digest.[4] He and Erin Barrett were co-founders and co-writers of the Ask Jeeves series of trivia books, which published selected "questions as they flowed, unedited, into the well-known Web site".[5][6]

Personal life

Mingo was born to Vera and Glen Mingo in Wausau, Wisconsin.[7] He lives in Alameda, California.[1] He has a daughter (Elana) from a former marriage and three grandsons, Acton, Oak, and Elm.[8]

Works and publications

• Bees Make the Best Pets (2013) ISBN 1573246255
• Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth (2004) ISBN 157324953X
• The Juicy Parts (1996) ISBN 0399522182
• How the Cadillac Got Its Fins (1995) ISBN 0887307531

With Erin Barrett

• Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us (2009) ISBN 1416554793
• Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (Mostly) Everything (2005) ISBN 1573242128
• Just Curious about Science, Jeeves (2003) ISBN 0743427114
• It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing (2003) ISBN 1573247227
• Just Curious About History, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427092
• Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves (2002) ISBN 0743427106
• Doctors Killed George Washington: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine (2002) ISBN 1573247197
• Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education (2002) ISBN 1573247235
• Just Curious, Jeeves: What Are the 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet? (2000) ISBN 193010801X

With Warren Dotz

• Firecrackers!: An Eye-Popping Collection of Chinese Firework Art (2008) ISBN 1580089038
• Firecrackers: The Art and History (2000) ISBN 1580081517

References