Jonathan Messinger

Jonathan Messinger is an award-winning author and journalist and the creator of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian podcast and co-founder of Gen Z Media, a company devoted to producing high-quality podcasts for kids. He was a fonding editor of Time Out Chicago, where he edited its books section and then went on to be the web editor for Time Out Chicago Kids.

He has been named one of the Top 50 literary figures in Chicago five times by NewCity and was named one of Chicago's "Top 30 under 30" by UR Chicago. His 2007 book of stories, Hiding Out, was named a Best Book of the Year by The Omaha World-Herald, and was an Alex Awards nominee. He currently serves as executive producer of Gen Z Media and lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.