Biography
Jay writes fiction, and works with online publishers and brands to optimize their content; specializing in editing memoirs, literary fiction, horror, science fiction, thrillers, and YA. Jay’s first novel, a coming-of-age saga called The Leaving of Things (Lake Union, 2014), won the International Book Award and the Kindle Book Award and became an Amazon bestseller. His follow-up novel, a YA sci-fi adventure, is currently undergoing revisions and will be in front of readers in 2020. As an author and a professional writer/editor, he’s passionate about words and sentences and well-told stories. Jay’s belief in literary terms is that at the level of words and sentences and paragraphs—the magic happens; the right word, the right tone, knowing where to expand and where to trim can make all the difference between a merely functional piece of writing and a great story you can take pride in.
