Jim Meirose is the author of the previously published novel "Mount Everest", and of three upcoming novels, which will also be released by Montag Press. Nearly three hundred of his short stories have appeared in various literary magazines and journals over the past twenty years, such as The Fiddlehead, Witness, Alaska Quarterly review, Xavier Review, New Orleans review, South Carolina Review, Whiskey Island Magazine, Ohio Edit, Bartleby Snopes, and many others. His short work has been nominated for several awards including The Shirley Jackson Award and the O. Henry Award (for which his story "Fair Morning" was short-list- ed). Jim lives in Somerville, NJ, with his wife, Mary Beth. Together they have one married daughter, Noelle Heber, and three beautiful grandchildren.