Jason Heller

Jason Heller is a pop-culture journalist, editor, and author whose nonfiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Clarkesworld (where he's the nonfiction editor), The A.V. Club (where he was the Denver City Editor for three years and is currently a regular contributor), Weird Tales, Alternative Press, Tor.com, Skyscraper, Fantasy Magazine, and Westword (as well as most other papers in the Village Voice chain).

In addition, he contributed to Scribner's A.V. Club book, Inventory. He's a 2009 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, and his science fiction/fantasy/horror short stories have appeared in Apex Magazine, Sybil's Garage, Farrago's Wainscot, M-Brane SF, and many more. In 2011, Quirk Books published his Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in, The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook. Quirk is also publishing his debut novel, Taft 2012.