John BlasŽ is a literary agent with The Bindery. He spent over a decade as an editor and ghostwriter in traditional publishing working with such names as Eugene Peterson, Ann Voskamp, and Brian Zahnd. During that time, he penned two books with his name on the spineÑone of them a self-published poetry endeavor titled The Jubilee. At the end of the day, he tries to live by writer George SaundersÕ advice: ÒStop trying to teach the world something and instead refuse to be boring.Ó

John and his wife, Meredith, lived in Colorado for almost twenty years but recently moved back to Arkansas. They have three children, all grown now and out living their one wild and precious lives.

JohnÕs long been a culture junkie hooked on everything from the drama of ÒHill Street BluesÓ (which dates him) to the wonder of Game of Thrones to the thoughts of Ta-Nehisi Coates to the poetry of Taylor Swift. And he still mourns the loss of Anthony Bourdain. While loving all genres of literature, he admits a weakness for fiction, short stories, and memoir. A good story, well-told, he simply finds hard to resist.