Jim Snowden is a writer, editor and educator who lives in the Seattle area with his partner, journalist Venice Buhain. Jim's passion is telling stories about people who find that the rules they've lived by are turning against them.

Jim received his MFA from the University of Washington in 2004, where he won the David Guterson award for his work on his first novel "Dismantle the Sun."  His second novel, "Summer of Long Knives" came out in 2013.