J B ManningJames Manning is a writer based in Vermont, where he lives with his novelist wife, S. Lee Manning and their cats, Xiao and Dmitri. In prior lives, he was an attorney, litigating cases in New York City and New Jersey; a college professor, teaching litrature and writing; and a newspaper reporter in Tampa, St. Petersburg and New Orleans. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University and a J.D. from Rutgers University. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker. His first novel, Richter the Mighty, won the 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion for best comic action novel. His second novel, The Kingdom of Hatch, is about a lawyer who flees New York City in search of Eden, only to find a collection of incompetent thugs in Vermont. He is currently working on a third novel. Read More Read Less