Nick Offerman is the New York Times bestselling author of Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living and Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop , as well as co-author of The Greatest Love Story Ever Told , with his wife, Megan Mullally. Widely known for his role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation , he also co-starred in Episode 3 of the HBO series The Last of Us , for which he won an Emmy Award. Nick and Megan live in Los Angeles, with their pups and a fairly decent collection of assorted wood clamps.