Mike McGrady

Michael Robinson McGrady (October 4, 1933 – May 13, 2012) was an American journalist and author. He is best known for orchestrating the 1969 literary hoax Naked Came the Stranger, a novel he wrote with a group of fellow Newsday journalists as an attempt to parody the bestsellers of the era, with the book becoming a hit in its own right.

Early and personal life McGrady was born in New York City, and grew up in Lilliwaup, Washington and Port Washington, New York. He graduated from Yale University in 1955, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1968 and 1969.

In 1959, McGrady married Corinne Young, and they had three children. He had one previous marriage which ended in divorce. A subsequent paperback run sold over a million copies. back to Lilliwaup with his wife. He died from pneumonia at a hospital in Shelton, Washington on May 13, 2012, at the age of 78. The Kitchen Sink Papers, My Life as a Househusband Doubleday 1975, New American Library 1976, Reader's Digest 1976 Stranger than Naked: Or, How to Write Dirty Books for Fun and Profit Wyden Books 1970 The Husband's Cookbook Lippincott 1979 The Motel Tapes Warner Books 1977 Establishment of Innocence with Harvey Aronson GP Putnam 1976, Berkley Books 1977 Best Restaurants on Long Island Citadel Press 1986 Crime Scientists Lippincott 1961 Jungle Doctors Lippincott 1961 Skin Diving Adventures with John J Floherty Lippincott 1962 Whirling Wings with John J Floherty Lippincott 1961 Youth and the FBI with John J Floherty (foreword by J Edgar Hoover) Lippincott 1960 The Bedside Playboy The Perfect Alibi with Joe Hickey Playboy Press 1963