Larry O. Dean

Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. As a young man he worked with Academy Award-winning film maker, Michael Moore, was widely published in the alternative press and also worked as a cartoonist. He attended the University of Michigan at Flint and Ann Arbor, during which time he won three Hopwood Awards. In 2004, he was recipient of the Hands on Stanzas Gwendolyn Brooks Award. In addition to writing, he is a singer and songwriter, working both solo as well as with several pop bands, including Post Office, The Me Decade, and currently, The Injured Parties.

In addition to writing, he is a singer and songwriter, working both solo as well as with several pop bands, including Post Office, The Me Decade, and currently, The Injured Parties. After living in San Francisco for over a decade, and despite current rampant gentrification, he makes his home in Chicago.