James Irwin is a writer of stories real and unreal. His creative non-fiction and fiction has recently appeared in Brevity, Big Windows Review, and Bay to Ocean Journal. He is currently querying his novel Nina’s Friends, a crime thriller set in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Copenhagen. He teaches a course in Disability Representation in Literature & Media in the Disability Studies Department at Wm. Paterson University of New Jersey.

James has published numerous essays and criticism on media and culture. He co-founded the film journal Cinematograph and is associate editor of the Atlantic Journal of Communication. His work in media has earned numerous awards, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Rockefeller Foundation. He is a frequent speaker on business communication and writing practice, has taught at universities on both coasts of the U.S., and held leadership roles in marketing communication for major media and business services companies. Born and raised outside Philadelphia, he has lived in New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and currently resides in northern New Jersey.