Joseph Monninger

{{Short description|American fiction writer and professor (1953–2025)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1953|10|28}}

| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|01|01|1953|10|28}}

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| occupation = Writer, academic

| education = Temple University (BA)
University of New Hampshire (MA)

| period = 1981–2024 (as writer)

| genre = Romantic, mystery, and young adult fiction; sports; nonfiction

| subject = Literature, Writing

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Joseph Monninger (October 28, 1953 – January 1, 2025) was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University. He lived in Warren, New Hampshire.[http://www.nhpr.org/post/bookshelf-joseph-monninger-football-and-fighting-odds#stream/0 The Bookshelf: Joseph Monninger on Football and Fighting the Odds | New Hampshire Public Radio] Retrieved 2018-08-21. In his youth, Monninger was a Peace Corps volunteer.{{Cite web |title=Peace Corps Writers|website=Loc.gov |url=https://www.loc.gov/peacecorps/Bibliography-PeaceCorpsWriters.pdf}} He was twice a recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships.{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Kat |title=Shelf Awareness for Thursday, January 9, 2025 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4884#m66235 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

In 2021, Monninger, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/New-Hampshire-writer-Joseph-Monninger-on-living-with-terminal-cancer-50092832|title=New Hampshire writer Joseph Monninger on living with terminal cancer|publisher=Concord Monitor|accessdate=February 28, 2023}} His book Goodbye To Clocks Ticking is a memoir of the first year after diagnosis.{{cn|date=March 2025}} He died on January 1, 2025, at the age of 71.{{cite web |title=Obituary Note: Joseph Monninger |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4884#m66235 |website=Shelf Awareness |access-date=11 January 2025}} His death was announced on January 8.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/heritage-commons-samuel-read-hall-building-plymouth-state-university/memorial-service-for-joseph-monninger/3756685504596581|title=Memorial Service for Joseph Monniger|website=Facebook |accessdate=January 9, 2025}}

Books

1981: The Night Caller ({{ISBN|978-0-440-16674-0}})
1982: The Family Man ({{ISBN|978-0-689-11235-5}})
1983: The Summer Hunt ({{ISBN|978-0-689-11325-3}})
1986: New Jersey ({{ISBN|978-0-345-34112-9}})
1987: Second Season ({{ISBN|978-0-689-11936-1}})
1991: Incident at Potter's Bridge ({{ISBN|978-1-55611-307-9}}), as Joe Monninger
1991: The Viper Tree ({{ISBN|978-0-671-70085-0}})
1992: Biology Write Now! ({{ISBN|978-0-07-003143-2}}), co-written with T. L. Taigen
1993: Razor's Song ({{ISBN|978-0-380-71874-0}})
1995: Mather ({{ISBN|978-1-55611-447-2}})
1999: Home Waters: Fishing With an Old Friend ({{ISBN|978-0-7679-0515-2}})
2001: A Barn in New England: Making a Home on Three Acres ({{ISBN|978-0-8118-4001-9}})
2007: Two Ton: One Fight, One Night: Tony Galento v. Joe Louis ({{ISBN|978-1-58642-138-0}})
2007: Baby ({{ISBN|978-1-59078-502-7}})
2008: The Letters, co-written with Luanne Rice ({{ISBN|978-0-553-80741-7}})
2008: Hippie Chick ({{ISBN|978-1-59078-598-0}});
2010: Eternal on the Water ({{ISBN|978-1-4391-6833-2}})
2010: Wish ({{ISBN|9780385739412}})
2011: Finding Somewhere ({{ISBN|9780385739429}})
2011: The World as We Know It ({{ISBN|9781451606348}})
2012: Margaret from Maine ({{ISBN|9780452298682}})
2014: The Major's Daughter ({{ISBN|9780452298699}}), as J.P. Francis
2014: Stay Alive: Crash ({{ISBN|9780545563482}})
2014: Stay Alive: Cave-In ({{ISBN|9780545563529}})
2014: Stay Alive: Breakdown ({{ISBN|9780545563550}})
2014: Stay Alive: Flood ({{ISBN|9780545563598}})
2015: Whippoorwill ({{ISBN|9780544531239}})
2017: The Map That Leads to You ({{ISBN|9781250060761}}), as J. P. Monninger
2017: Game Change ({{ISBN|9780544531222}})
2019: Seven Letters ({{ISBN|978-1-25-018769-7}}), as J. P. Monninger
2023: Goodbye to Clocks Ticking: How We Live While Dying ({{ISBN|978-1586423605}})

References

==Sources==

[http://www.peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2006/0611/611talk-monninger.html Interview at Peace Corps Writers]
[http://www.plymouth.edu/excellence/2009/monninger.html Faculty profile at Plymouth State University]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}