Sean Wilsey is the author of the memoir Oh the Glory of It All

Oh the Glory of it All

Oh the Glory of it All , is a work of non-fiction by Sean Wilsey, published by Penguin Press. A humorous coming-of-age memoir, the book chronicles Wilsey's troubled years growing up in a wealthy and prominent San Francisco family.-External links:...

, which was published by Penguin

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 in 2005. He is the son of Al Wilsey, a San Francisco businessman, and Pat Montandon, a socialite and peace activist, and the stepson of socialite and philanthropist Dede Wilsey

Dede Wilsey

Diane B. Wilsey is a San Francisco socialite and philanthropist, the widow of San Francisco businessman Al Wilsey.-Early life:She was born Diane Dow Buchanan in 1944, to Mr. and Mrs. Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. Her father was, variously, the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria, as well as the...

 (Diane Dow Buchanan Traina Wilsey). He is married to writer Daphne Beal, a former editor at The New Yorker

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, and they have two children. He currently serves as editor at large for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

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, and his newest book, State by State: A Panoramic View of America (co-authored with Matt Weiland) was released in September 2008.