About
Owen Egerton is the author of the short story collection How Best to Avoid Dying and the novel Marshall Hollenzer is Driving. Egerton also co-wrote the irreverent Dadlabs Guide to Fatherhood based on the award winning web videos found at Dadlabs.com. He has also written several screenplays including Bobbie Sue (Warner Brothers) and Henchmen (MRC).
Egerton was the co-creator of the award winning comedy hit The Sinus Show at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater, and for several years Egerton was the artistic director of Austin’s National Comedy Theatre. He also directed and co-starred in Zach Scott Theatre’s Plays Well with Others. Songs from his comic music CD Big Thick Wooden Board have appeared on VH1 and Dr. Demento.
Egerton was voted Austin’s favorite author in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of the Austin Chronicle. Egerton earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University in 2005. His next novel, The Book of Harold, is to be released in the Spring of 2010 from Dalton Publishing. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two children.
