Jim Lewis was raised in New York and London. He has taught philosophy and literature at Columbia University, and has written about both politics and the arts for many magazines, journals, and museum catalogs. He has published two previous novels, Sister and Why the Tree Loves the Ax; collaborated on the story treatment for the film Kids; and written a screenplay, based on a short story of his own, for Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Jim Lewis was raised in New York and London. He has taught philosophy and literature at Columbia University, and has written about both politics and the arts for many magazines, journals, and museum catalogs. He has published two previous novels, Sister and Why the Tree Loves the Ax; collaborated on the story treatment for the film Kids; and written a screenplay, based on a short story of his own, for Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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