His award-winning stories have appeared in Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Private Clubs, This Old House, National Wildlife, Smart Money’s offspring, George, Context, Family PC, Good Housekeeping, Playboy, Biography, The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, Utne Reader, Southwest Spirit, the magazine of Southwest Airlines, and American Way, the magazine of American Airlines, among others. 

From July 2001 until June 2003, he was president of The American Society of Journalists and Authors, a trade association of 1,300 nonfiction freelance writers. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia. Email him at jim@jmwriter.com