Mishka Shubaly is a bestselling author and award-winning storyteller known for his raw, funny takes on survival and redemption. He teaches nonfiction writing at Yale and has published seven #1 Kindle Singles. Explore his books, music, and more.
NYTimes bestselling author, worstselling songwriter, unclean and sober
NYTimes bestselling author, worstselling songwriter, unclean and sober
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“The Kindle Singles bestseller list has anointed new stars like Mishka Shubaly.”
The New York Times
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“The gruff and rough‑voiced Shubaly is a chronicler of mankind’s darkest impulses and failures, a guy with a ticket to hell and back.”
Time Out New York
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“A beaming ray of jet‑black sunshine…”
The Village Voice
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“There’s no storyteller like Mishka Shubaly—hardcore on every emotional level, he scares the bejezus out of me… I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You is a brilliantly toxic confession…”
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone
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“A mercilessly honest trip… elegant and eminently human account… The memoir I wish I could write.”
Rich Roll, bestselling author
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About
Mishka Shubaly
Mishka Shubaly is a celebrated nonfiction writer and storyteller, known for truth-telling essays about addiction, recovery, endurance, and reinvention. After earning an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University,
he hit the road in a Toyota minivan, touring relentlessly as a musician before rebooting his career in writing. His voice has grown in power through Amazon’s Kindle Singles, with all seven titles becoming bestsellers, praised for their grit, dark humor, emotional honesty, and restless vulnerability.
Each summer, Mishka teaches a nonfiction writers workshop at Yale Summer Session, guiding writers to excavate the emotional truth beneath their work and refine their craft with integrity and rigor.
His full-length memoir, I Swear I’ll Make It Up to You, was released in 2016 and chronicles his addiction, near-self-destruction, and endurance as an ultra-runner—earning critical praise as a raw, redemptive bestseller.
