Jack Mingo

Jack Mingo is an American author, journalist and beekeeper. 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. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reader's Digest. 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".

Personal life

Mingo was born to Vera and Glen Mingo in Wausau, Wisconsin. He lives in Alameda, California. He has a daughter from a former marriage and three grandsons, Acton, Oak, and Elm.

Works and publications

Bees Make the Best Pets Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth The Juicy Parts

''How the Cadillac Got Its Fins''

With Erin Barrett

Cause of Death: A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001 Absolutely True Tidbits About Everything Just Curious about Science, Jeeves It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing Just Curious About History, Jeeves Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves Doctors Killed George Washington: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education

''Just Curious, Jeeves: What Are the 1001 Most Intriguing Questions Asked on the Internet?''

With Warren Dotz

Firecrackers!: An Eye-Popping Collection of Chinese Firework Art

''Firecrackers: The Art and History''