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