Jason Pargin
Jason Pargin | |
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| Born | Jason Keith Pargin January 10, 1975 Lawrenceville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Pen name | David Wong (until 2020) |
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| Alma mater | Southern Illinois University |
| Period | 1999–present |
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| Notable works | John Dies at the End (2007) |
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| Years active | 2022–present |
| Followers | 658.3K |
| Last updated: December 15, 2025 | |
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| johndiesattheend | |
Jason Keith Pargin (/ˈpɑːrdʒɪn/ PAR-jin; born January 10, 1975) is an American novelist, humorist, and internet personality. Writing for many years under the pen name David Wong, he founded the humor site Pointless Waste of Time and later served as executive editor of Cracked.com. He is the author of the comic lovecraftian horror series John Dies at the End (2007–present) and the Zoey Ashe series (2015–present), as well as the standalone novel I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (2024). John Dies at the End was adapted as a feature film in 2012. Pargin retired the David Wong pseudonym in 2020, and since 2022 has produced short-form videos on TikTok and other social media platforms, which he has credited with sustaining his writing career. Since 2023, he has co-hosted the Mountain Monsters watchalong comedy podcast Bigfeets.