WILL PASS — AUTHOR BIO

Short (50 words):
Will Pass hosts Who Reads Books Anymore?, a short-form video series with 2.5M+ monthly views, and is the author of two novels. His debut, The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived, was named to the 2025 Southwest Books of the Year. His second novel, The Whirlpool of Lebanon, is forthcoming September 15, 2026.

Long (150 words):
Will Pass writes surreal, darkly comic novels from Colorado. His debut, The Second-Smartest Dog That Ever Lived (Thiessen Press, 2024), a dark comedy about interspecies friendships and the wild contradictions of domesticated life, was named among the 2025 Southwest Books of the Year. Kirkus Reviews called it "a madcap, entertaining escape from reality" and selected it as a "Get It" pick.

His second novel, The Whirlpool of Lebanon (Thiessen Press, September 15, 2026), is a surreal, darkly comic novel about love, longing, and the terrible beauty of second chances. Kirkus has already selected it as a "Get It" pick; Becky Mandelbaum (Flannery O'Connor Award) calls it "a rollicking joyride through small-town Kansas where the characters are as big as their hearts."

Will also hosts Who Reads Books Anymore?, a short-form street interview series with 2.5M+ monthly views across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. @willpassbooks.
