Hal HowlandHal Howland is the author of After Jerusalem: A Story and Two Novellas, Cities & Women: Short Fiction, The Human Drummer: Thoughts on the Life Percussive, and Landini Cadence and Other Stories, a finalist in the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awardsand a recipient of the 2012 Eric Hoffer Award for excellence in independent publishing. Cities & Women earned an honorable mention in the 2014 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Howland has released three award-winning, critically acclaimed jazz recordings, The Howland Ensemble, Reiko, and 10 Years in 5 Days, and has received a jazz fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virginia, Europe, and the Middle East, Howland lives in Key West, Florida. Read More Read Less