Jack Mingo (born 1952) is an American author, journalist and beekeeper.[1] He has written Bees Make the Best Pets, The Juicy Parts, and The Couch Potato Handbook. He and a small group of media hoaxers trademarked and popularized the term couch potato.[2][3] He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Reader's Digest.[4] He and
Erin Barrett were co-founders and co-writers of the
Ask Jeeves series of trivia books, which published selected "questions as they flowed, unedited, into the well-known Web site".[5][6]
Personal life
Mingo was born to Vera and Glen Mingo in
Wausau, Wisconsin.[7] He lives in
Alameda, California.[1] He has a daughter (Elana) from a former marriage and three grandsons, Acton, Oak, and Elm.[8]