Press Kit
For most events I am partaking in there will usually have been an application where I have provided much of this information already, in the desired format. For those appearances where that is not the case, I provide this selection of bios in multiple lengths, and a selection of downloadable author photos and book covers.
Full Bio
Born and raised in South Alabama, Bob is an author, podcaster, and game designer who has been blessed and cursed to lead an interesting life. A mix of traditionally and self published, he is best known as the author of the Jubal County Saga, a southern gothic fantasy series set in Alabama. As the world's worst vampire, he feeds on the groans of those he has punned around.
More interestingly he is an Eagle Scout who picks up hitchhikers with reckless abandon, one of which was a carnie who still owes him a fair ride. He’s also been stalked, gave a Prophet a lift, and been stagger drunk in more states than he would care to admit.
To go along with his two useless college degrees he spent time as a roadie for a band you've never heard. Other musical exploits include breaking his wrist in a wall of death at a Divine Heresy show, shaking hands with Glenn Danzig, and being the producer on a trio of albums. He’s worked and written for musical acts ranging from Upchurch the Redneck to Stitches. No, he hadn’t heard of them either. He spent two years as the National President of a punk rock crew with chapters across six states. In addition to the passible podcasts he's made he has also filmed terrible short horror movies.
Other bizarre achievements include: having once licked the Wailing Wall, skinny-dipping at a wedding, giving a camel a coke in Israel, getting flashed in Paris, and watching a monkey steal a man’s wallet in Costa Rica. Once, while on a quest to find some quartzite to turn into arrowheads, he dug up a dead cow in a creek thinking it was a human cadaver. In college he used to give haunted ghost tours of Troy (even though he’s pretty sure ghosts aren’t real) and has a cousin that’s a water witch.
More relevant, he wrote some books, then self-pubbed some other books, and has also been published by a number of other folks with questionable judgment. He’s written for video games, designed board games, and owns a disturbing number of roleplaying games. The fictional things he writes sometimes come weirdly true.
He lives in the middle of Alabama with his amazing LadyWife, the Kiddo, and a clowder of increasingly portly cats.
Two Sentence Bio
Bob McGough is an author, podcaster, and game designer. He is best known as the author of the Jubal County Saga, a southern gothic fantasy series set in Alabama.
100 Word Bio
Bob McGough is an author, podcaster, and rpg designer from the deep south. A mix of traditionally and self published, he is best known as the author of the Jubal County Saga, a southern gothic fantasy series set in Alabama. Beyond that he has published works across a wide variety of genres, from horror to steampunk.
As a speaker he teaches classes and workshops on various aspects of the business of writing. He has freelanced for a number of tabletop and video games, as well as publishing his own ttrpgs. He is the host/guest for a number of podcasts.
Longer Form Bio
Bob McGough is an author, podcaster, and rpg designer from the deep south. A mix of traditionally and self published, he is best known as the author of the Jubal County Saga, a southern gothic fantasy series set in Alabama. Beyond that he has published works across a wide variety of genres, from horror to steampunk.
As a podcaster Bob is the man behind the Tales by Bob Podcast Network. His first show, Books, Beards, Booze, is a conversational style podcast that has run for over 170 episodes. He has also been a guest on over a score of other podcasts, and is a frequent collaborator on the GoIndieNow channel.
A long-time freelance writer, he has worked on a number of published tabletop and video games. As a huge fan of one sheet and simple rpgs, he has released over 30 games in that space across a number of platforms.
