About the author

Ivan Jenson

Ivan Jenson&nbsp;is a fine artist, novelist, and popular contemporary poet who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.&nbsp;<br>His artwork was featured in <em>Art in America</em>, <em>Art News</em>, and&nbsp;<em>Interview Magazine</em>&nbsp;and has sold at auction at Christie’s. Amongst Ivan’s commissions are the final portrait of the late Malcolm Forbes and a painting titled “Absolut Jenson” for Absolut Vodka’s national ad campaign. His Absolut paintings are in the collection of the Spritmuseum, the Museum of Spirits in Stockholm, Sweden. Jenson's painting of the “Marlboro Man” was collected by the Philip Morris corporation.&nbsp;<br>His novels,&nbsp;<em>Dead Artist</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Seeing Soriah</em>, illustrate the creative, often dramatic lives of artists. Jenson’s poetry is widely published (with over 1,000 poems published in the US, UK, and Europe) in a variety of literary media. He has published a poetry book,&nbsp;<em>Media Child and Other Poems</em>, and two novels,&nbsp;<em>Marketing Mia</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Erotic Rights</em>.&nbsp;<br><em>Mundane Miracles</em>, his critically acclaimed poetry collection,&nbsp;hit number 1 on Amazon in American Poetry.