Jerry Whitus’ stories have appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, Manoa (a “distinguished story” in Best American Short Stories); The Literary Review; Nimrod; Potomac Review and Potomac Review online; Jabberwock; Solstice Literary Magazine, and other journals. He studied fiction writing in the graduate program at the University of Texas and for a number of years made a living as a freelance writer specializing in film and tv for education, industry and entertainment, with a large number of national awards. He has also been an administrator, teacher and teacher-trainer in universities in the US, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam (on a USAID grant), and Colombia.