For those of you who don’t remember, Mick Foley spent some time in ECW in the mid-nineties after his stint with WCW and before joining the WWF in 1996. These days, in addition to sporadic WWE appearances, Foley is promoting his new book, The Hardcore Diaries, which debuted last week at number 7 on The New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers list. Not too shabby, Cactus Jack!

The successful debut probably came as no surprise to Foley. His other autobiographies, Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling and Have a Nice Day : A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks both made it to the NYT Bestsellers list.

In addition to his bestselling memoirs, Foley has penned a number of fictional works, including two novels and a handful of children’s stories.

An Audiofile reviewer called his first novel Tietam Brown, “an unusual mix of insanity, perversity, and humor.” Publishers’ Weekly described his second novel, Scooter, as a coming of age story with “adroitly drawn characters, dark humor and a plot that never loses momentum.”

Foley’s has also written the following children’s books:

• Mick Foley’s Halloween Hijinx
• Mick Foley’s Christmas Chaos
• Tales from Wrescal Lane

Mick Foley is scheduled to speak about his wrestling and writing careers at MIT on April 17th, 2007. His lecture is offered in conjunction with a Comparative Media Studies course on professional wrestling.