Ian Frazier is an American writer and humorist who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951. In his nonfiction books such as Great Plains, Family, and On the Rez, Frazier combines first-person narrative with in-depth research on topics including American history, native Americans, and fishing and the outdoors.

Frazier grew up in Hudson, Ohio, and attended Harvard University, where he was on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1973, he worked briefly as a magazine writer in Chicago. The following year, he moved to New York City and joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine, where he wrote feature articles, humorous sketches, and pieces for The Talk of the Town section.

In 1982, Frazier moved to Montana and, through travels and library research, began collecting material that he would later use in Great Plains. He has since also lived in Brooklyn, New York, and Montclair, New Jersey.

Frazier's most autobiographical work is Family.

Books

• Dating Your Mom (humor, 1986)
• Nobody Better, Better than Nobody (nonfiction, 1987)
• Great Plains (nonfiction, 1989)
• Family (nonfiction, 1994)
• Coyote v. Acme (humor, 1996)
• It Happened Like This (translation, 1998)
• On the Rez (nonfiction, 2000)
• The Fish's Eye (essays, 2002)