Ken Layne Bio | Wiki
Ken Layne is an American writer, publisher, and broadcaster. He is best known for his political blogging in the early 2000s and his association with Gawker Media and Wonkette from 2006 to 2012. Ken is the proprietor of Desert Oracle, a self-published periodical and radio program exploring themes related to the Mojave Desert and the Southwestern United States.
He commenced his career in the mid-1980s reporting for Southern California newspapers. Later, Ken moved to Europe, where he worked for television, radio, and print journalism outlets in Macedonia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. In the late 1990s, he returned to the United States and turned to online journalism exclusively.
Ken Layne Age
Ken was born in 1965, in Louisiana, United States. He is 57 years old.
Ken Layne Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70 m).
Ken Layne Family
He was born in Louisiana to his parents. Later, Ken lived in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans as a child. His family moved to the Phoenix, Arizona suburbs for middle school, and later to San Diego, where he first started visiting the Mojave desert. Information about his parents and/or siblings is not available at the moment.
Ken Layne Wife
Ken is married to his beautiful unidentified wife. Together the couple shares one kid. They all reside in Los Angeles.
Ken Layne Education
He went to Phoenix, Arizona for middle school. Later, Ken graduated from a San Diego, California magnet high school.
Ken Layne Desert Oracle
In February 2015, Ken created Desert Oracle: The Voice of the Desert, a quarterly periodical focused on the “weirdness of the desert” in the Southwestern United States. Each edition runs 44 pages, most of which is written and designed by Ken, entirely in black-and-white, inside a yellow and black cover.
Inspiration for Desert Oracle came from Randall Henderson’s Desert Magazine and Harry Oliver’s Desert Rat Scrap Book. Published from Joshua Tree, California, Ken distributes the publications to bookstores and cafes across the desert southwest.
Ken Layne Podcast
Desert Oracle became the basis of a weekly half-hour radio show, The Desert Oracle Radio, for the community radio station KCDZ in June 2017. The show is also available as a podcast. With subject matter similar to the print version, Ken’s podcast features “chilling tales of Bigfoot sightings, secret military UFO programs, and any number of myths and conspiracies” centered in the Mojave desert and the American Southwest.
The Desert Oracle Radio reaches Joshua Tree National Park and nearby towns including Pioneertown, Twentynine Palms, and Yucca Valley by terrestrial broadcast.
Ken Layne Book | Dignity
His publication Desert Oracle: The Voice of the Desert was created in February 2015. It is a quarterly periodical focused on the “weirdness of the desert” in the Southwestern United States. Ken’s other books include Palm Springs Noir (2021), and Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American Southwest (2020).
He is the author of two novels, Dot. con, published in 2001, and Dignity, an epistolary novel about a group of Los Angelenos creating a new community within abandoned desert housing developments following an economic collapse, in 2011.
Ken Layne Politics
He received attention for blogging at his personal website, KenLayne.com, and became known in the early 2000s American political and technology blogosphere for a quote directed at the mainstream media: “We can fact-check your ass”
Ken Layne Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Ken’s estimated net worth is $987,655.
Who Is Ken Layne
Ken is an American writer, publisher, and broadcaster. He became known for his political blogging in the early 2000s. He also associated with Gawker Media and Wonkette from 2006 to 2012. Ken is the proprietor of Desert Oracle, a self-published periodical and radio program exploring themes related to the Mojave Desert.