<p> </p><p>James Garrison Bio</p><p> </p><p>A graduate of the University of North Carolina and Duke Law School, James Garrison practiced law until returning to his first loves: writing and reading good literature. His novel, <em>QL 4</em> (TouchPoint Press 2017), set in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War, has won awards for literary and military fiction, and it was a finalist for the 2018 Montaigne Medal. His second novel, <em>The Safecracker</em> (TouchPoint Press 2019), has won legal thriller awards, and it was a category finalist in the 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. His third novel, <em>What Seems True</em>, (TouchPoint Press September 2021), was inspired by the 1979 murder of the first Black supervisor at a Texas Gulf Coast refinery, a crime for which the shooter was never convicted. His most recent work is <em>Ruminations: stories, essays, and poems</em>, published by TouchPoint Press in February 2024. His creative nonfiction and fiction works and poems have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies. Sheila-Na-Gig nominated 'Lost: On the Staten Island Ferry' for a 2018 Pushcart prize.</p><p> </p>
