Eleven years after John Kennedy Toole's suicide, A Confederacy of Dunces is published and hailed as a masterpiece.

In Butterfly in the Typewriter, Cory MacLauchlin brings to light this mysterious author and the remarkable story behind his beloved novel.

Cory MacLauchlin

Cory is the author of Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces. His book is in pre-production for film adaptation. (IMDB)

He has written for TIME, The Daily Beast, Vice Magazine, and The Millions. His work has appeared in HuffPost. He has been featured on BBC Radio, NPR Radio, and Investigation Discovery. He lives and teaches in Northern Virginia.

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My article on All Quiet published in Time

A pitch to an editor. An appeal to Netflix. A few phone calls through some contacts, and a few weeks later I found myself in a black...

A New All Quiet

At nearly a century old, the 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front remains a powerful film. But it's easy to forget, when watching Lewis...

A Memory Keeper of New Orleans

Last week I received word that John Kennedy Toole’s childhood friend, John Geiser III, passed away. John was a walking encyclopedia of...

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Before his film caught the eye of the Academy, I sat down with director Edward Berger to discuss the making of All Quiet on the Western Front. Read my article in TIME magazine.

"I know how this story ends..."

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Eleven years after John Kennedy Toole's suicide, A Confederacy of Dunces is published and hailed as a masterpiece. In Butterfly in the Typewriter, Cory MacLauchlin brings to light this mysterious author and the remarkable story behind his beloved novel.