James McManus's latest work, The Education of A Poker Player, was published by BOA in 2015. Considered poker's Shakespeare, he is The New York Times bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street and Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker. He has written for the The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe among others, and his Esquire article on stem cell research was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005, and was a finalist for the Nation Magazine Award. He is the recipient of the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations. He teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Follow Jim on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jimbosweetness