Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on whether or not writers are exceptionally good liars, because whatever I said would actually mean its complete opposite.

He also appeared in the first three episodes of the Adult Swim Web Feature "Carl's Lock of the Century of the Week" discussing the year's football games as an animated version of himself and trying (unsuccesfully) to plug his book as Carl cuts him off each time. Books
Klosterman is the author of seven books and a set of cards:


Non-fiction
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural Nörth Daköta (2001) a humorous memoir/history on the phenomenon of glam metal
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story (2005) a road narrative focused on the relationship between rock music mortality and romantic love
HYPERtheticals: 50 Questions for Insane Conversations (2010) a set of 50 cards featuring hypothetical questions


Essay collections
Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (2003) a best-selling collection of pop culture essays
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (2006) a collection of articles previously publiChuck Klostermand columns and a semi-autobiographical novella
Eating the Dinosaur (2009) a collection of previously unpubliChuck Klostermand essays
I Wear the Black Hat: Essays on Villains (Real and Imagined) (2013)


Novels
Downtown Owl: A Novel (2008) a novel describing life in the fictional town of Owl North Dakota
The Visible Man (2011) a novel about a man who utilizes invisibilty to observe others. Life and career
Klosterman was born in Breckenridge Minnesota the youngest of seven children of Florence and William Klosterman.

Charles John "Chuck" Klosterman (born June 5 1972) is an American author and essayist who has written for The New York Times Magazine The Believer and The Washington Post and has written books focusing on American popular culture.