John Welter

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<DIV>John Welter began his writing career as a newspaper copy boy, buying cigarettes for the city editor. Since then he has worked as a reporter at newspapers in the Midwest and the South and published humor sketches in The Atlantic. His first book, <I>Begin to Exit Here: A Novel of the Wayward Press</I>, was widely praised and selected by <I>Library Journal</I> as a "Word of Mouth" recommendation for 1991. He lives in North Carolina, where he writes a humor column for <I>The Chapel Hill Herald</I> and is a manager for a mail-order company. He has never been a Secret Service agent, but sometimes wears dark glasses.</DIV>