James IrwinJames Irwin was a college professor and held leadership roles in national and international marketing communication before turning full-time to writing. Prior to all that he was a widely exhibited filmmaker and media artist whose work the Los AngelesTimes called "witty and ingenious," and the San Francisco Chronicle described as "pithy - cerebral undercurrent sparked by sexual innuendo." Many of his short stories, creative non-fiction pieces, and essays on media and culture have been published in journals, newspapers, and magazines over the years. He is an associate editor of the Atlantic Journal of Communication and co-founded the film journal Cinematograph. His awards and fellowships include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, Gotham Writers Workshop, Ziff-Davis Publishing, Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, USA Today, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.Originally from southeastern Pennsylvania, he spent a decade in San Francisco and now lives in northern New Jersey. He can be found at jrirwin.com Read More Read Less