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James Irwin is the author of the novels Nina’s Friends and Lucky Guy. Before he turned full-time to writing, he was a media artist, university professor, and held leadership roles in national and international marketing communications. He can be found at jrirwin.com
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James Irwin is the author of the novels Nina’s Friends and Lucky Guy. Before turning to writing fiction full-time, he was a media artist, educator, and journalist, as well as holding leadership roles in national and international marketing communications. His awards include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He has published numerous short stories, essays, and creative non-fiction pieces over the years, and is associate editor of Atlantic Journal of Communication. He can be found at jrirwin.com
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James Irwin is the author of the international crime novel Nina’s Friends and the psychological thriller Lucky Guy. His short stories, essays, and creative nonfiction have appeared in a wide variety of publications. The Los Angeles Times described him as “witty and ingenious.”
James was a widely exhibited filmmaker and media artist, his work appearing at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, and Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. His awards include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
He has taught at universities on both coasts of the US, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and other events. Before turning to writing full-time, James held leadership roles in national and global marketing communications, traveling widely to four continents.
James earned a BFA from New York Univ. Tisch School of the Arts, an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and studied writing and filmmaking at the Univ. of Pittsburgh. In all three locations he earned walking-around money as a tennis pro. Originally from southeastern Pennsylvania, he lives with his wife in northern New Jersey.
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James Irwin is the author of the international crime novel Nina’s Friends (book one of the Tajna Circle series), and the psychological thriller Lucky Guy. His short stories, essays, and creative nonfiction have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Brevity, Bay to Ocean Journal, Big Windows Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Shift Magazine, Spiral, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The Los Angeles Times described him as “witty and ingenious.” He is associate editor of the Atlantic Journal of Communication, and was a co-founding editor of the media journal Cinematograph.
James was originally a widely exhibited filmmaker and media artist, his work appearing in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. His awards include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, National Endowment for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Gotham Writers Workshop, and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
He has taught at a variety of institutions on both coasts of the US, including University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Wm. Paterson University of New Jersey, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. He’s been a frequent speaker at conferences and other events.
Before turning to writing full-time, James held leadership roles in national and global marketing communications for companies such as Comcast, EY, and Deloitte, traveling widely to four continents. His business awards include the Jersey Shore PR & Advertising Association, Ziff-Davis Publications, and USA Today.
James earned a BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and studied writing and filmmaking at the University of Pittsburgh. In all three locations he earned walking-around money as a tennis pro. Originally from southeastern Pennsylvania, he lives with his wife in northern New Jersey.