Phil Hanrahan is a Milwaukee native and lifelong Green Bay Packers fan who has taught writing at Marquette University and worked as a copywriter, book publicist and book reviewer. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Irish America, and Milwaukee Magazine. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Middlebury College, studied literature at Oxford, and holds an MA in English from Duke. He enjoys pickup basketball, softball, and ESPN. He makes his home in Los Angeles but spent the 08 and 09 football seasons in Green Bay.