Roy Blount, Jr.

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This article is about the writer and humorist. For the similarly named congressperson, see Roy Blunt.

Roy Blount, Jr. at the 2007 Texas Book Festival.

Roy Alton Blount, Jr. (born October 4, 1941; IPA: blʌnt) is an American writer. Best known as a humorist, Blount is also a reporter, actor, and musician with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band composed entirely of writers. He is also president of The Authors Guild.

Blount was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Decatur High School in Decatur, Georgia, where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Scribbler, and Vanderbilt University. Recently he guided American television audiences down the Mississippi River, narrating the documentary The Main Stream for PBS. As of 2007 he is featured regularly as a panelist on the NPR news/comedy quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me. On the show, Blount is known for outrageous dead-pan comments which frequently reduce the panel to tears of laughter, such as his discussion of "E.J. Junior Senior Junior High School".