Jim Ross jumped into creative pursuits in 2015 after a rewarding career in public health research. With graduate degree from Howard University, in nine years he's published nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography, hybrid, interviews, and plays in over 200 journals on five continents. He has published photo essays in Amsterdam Quarterly, Barren, Burningword, DASH, Feral, Ilanot Review, Kestrel, Litro, New World Writing, Paperbark, Phoebe, Pilgrimage Magazine, Sweet, and Typehouse. A 2024 Best of the Net nominee in Visual Art, he recently wrote/acted in a one-act play; he also appeared two years ago in a documentary limited series, I Sniper, broadcast internationally (Channel 4 in the UK). Jim’s family splits time between city and mountains.