J. L. Doty
Jim has eight published SF&F books, with two more due out in 2015. He's been unusually successful as a self-published writer; Child of the Sword went word-of-mouth viral about two years ago, and among all his books he has since sold close to 50,000 copies. With that success, he was able to quit his day-job as a running-dog-lackey for the Bourgeois capitalist establishment, and work for himself as a full-time writer. He says his new boss is a real jerk - so demanding. Jim writes in three sub-genres: epic-fantasy, hard science fiction, and contemporary urban fantasy - no vampires - frequently with strong young-adult themes. The infamous "they"…
