Joseph Monninger
Joseph Monninger was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University. He lived in Warren, New Hampshire. In his youth, Monninger was a Peace Corps volunteer. He was twice a recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships.
In 2021, Monninger, a non-smoker, was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. His book Goodbye To Clocks Ticking is a memoir of the first year after diagnosis. He died on January 1, 2025, at the age of 71. His death was announced on January 8.
Books
- 1981: The Night Caller
- 1982: The Family Man
- 1983: The Summer Hunt
- 1986: New Jersey
- 1987: Second Season
- 1991: Incident at Potter's Bridge, as Joe Monninger
- 1991: The Viper Tree
- 1992: Biology Write Now!, co-written with T. L. Taigen
- 1993: Razor's Song
- 1995: Mather
- 1999: Home Waters: Fishing With an Old Friend
- 2001: A Barn in New England: Making a Home on Three Acres
- 2007: Two Ton: One Fight, One Night: Tony Galento v. Joe Louis
- 2007: Baby
- 2008: The Letters, co-written with Luanne Rice
- 2008: Hippie Chick ;
- 2010: Eternal on the Water
- 2010: Wish
- 2011: Finding Somewhere
- 2011: The World as We Know It
- 2012: Margaret from Maine
- 2014: The Major's Daughter, as J.P. Francis
- 2014: Stay Alive: Crash
- 2014: Stay Alive: Cave-In
- 2014: Stay Alive: Breakdown
- 2014: Stay Alive: Flood
- 2015: Whippoorwill
- 2017: The Map That Leads to You, as J. P. Monninger
- 2017: Game Change
- 2019: Seven Letters, as J. P. Monninger
- 2023: Goodbye to Clocks Ticking: How We Live While Dying