Jim Stokely

Jim Stokely was born in Asheville, North Carolina and grew up in Newport, a small town in East Tennessee. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Yale University, and Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He began his career by writing brochures and handbooks for the National Park Service, then served as director of a major National Endowment for the Humanities project called An Appalachian Experience. Following 25 years as a Human Resources consultant and director, Jim returned to full-time writing. He has completed two companion novels about the work and family lives of six employees at a warehouse in East Tennessee. If you have any agent or publisher contacts, Jim would be most appreciative of a referral.