Assholes Finish First

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Biography & Press Kit

Basic Information

Height: 6′0″
Weight: 180 lbs
Hometown: Lexington, KY
Current Residence: Austin, TX
High School: Blair Academy, ‘95
College: The University of Chicago (BA ‘98). Can you believe the irony? The school where fun goes to die produced one of the premier partiers of his generation. And I graduated in three years, top ten percent of my class, and with highest honors (summa cum laude).
Graduate School: Duke Law School (JD, ‘01). Duke even gave me an academic scholarship. Fate, it seems, has a sense of humor.
Marital Status: Single. Should be obvious.
Siblings: None. That should be obvious also.
Other Information: Frequently Asked Questions

Press Bio

Tucker Max received his BA from the University of Chicago in 1998. He attended Duke Law School on an academic scholarship, and earned his JD in 2001 (despite the fact that he neglected to buy any of his textbooks for his final two years and spent part of one semester–while still enrolled in classes–living in Cancun). His first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, has spent over 150 weeks on the NY Times Best Seller List and has over 1.5 million books in print. He co-wrote and produced the movie based on his life/book, also titled “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” He has also been credited with being the originator and leader of a new literary genre, “fratire,” and was nominated to the Time Magazine 100 Most Influential List in 2009. He currently lives in Austin, Texas.

Extended Biography

Because some people seem to get confused on aspects of my history, this is a basic list of dates/facts relevant to my writing:

May 1995: Graduated Blair Academy.
June 1998: Graduated University of Chicago (BA, Law, Letters and Society).
January 2000: Original website, “The Tucker Max Date Application,” went up as a bet between me and some friends in law school.
May 2000: Site taken down when we all went to our summer jobs (the one I got fired from).
May 2001: Graduated from Duke (JD).
June 2002: Decided to write full time. Sent out several of my stories–which were originally emails to my friends–to every agent, publisher, newspaper, magazine and assorted other media outlet in existence.
August 2002: Got rejected from every single one, without exception. Moved to Chicago.
September 2002: Launched TuckerMax.com.
May 2003: Two things happened in the same month to launch me to notoriety: Miss Vermont sued me, and the case was covered in every major newspaper and media outlet, and the documentary that MTV filmed about me debuted.
August 2003: Accepted TV deal with 20th Century FOX.
October 2004: Accepted book deal with Kensington Books.
May 2005: Finished my first book, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.
January 2006: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell published. Hits NY Times best seller list for first time, staying on for two weeks. Moved to NYC.
September 2006: Second TV deal, this time with Comedy Central.
April 2007: Accepted deal for second book, Assholes Finish First, with Simon & Schuster.
May 2007: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell goes back on the NY Times Best Seller list based just on word of mouth. Stays there for over four years.
Sept 2007: Moved to LA to finalize plans for movie based on I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.
May 2008: Movie deal finalized, production begins.
June 2008: Shooting begins in Shreveport, Louisiana.
March 2009: Nominated to Time Magazine Most Influential List. In popular voting, finished 24th, above The Pope and the Dalai Lama.
Sept 2009: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, the movie, released in theaters.
October 2009: Moved to Austin, Texas.
November 2009: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell hits #1 on the NY Times Best Seller List for the first time, after five calendar years on the list.
May 2010: Finished Assholes Finish First, started work on Hilarity Ensues.
Sept 2010: Assholes Finish First to be released.