About James

James Bernard Frost is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His novels World Leader Pretend and A Very Minor Prophet explore American sub-cultures: respectively, the early online gaming communities of the 2000s and the bike and zine culture of Portland, Oregon. Both novels examine leadership—how one finds a tribe, and once found, how it might be guided toward the promised land.

His non-fiction work includes The Artichoke Trail, a Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel guide. His early writing focused on reporting and criticism, with articles on technology and culture for WIRED, food for the San Francisco Examiner, and gaming for World of Warcraft Magazine. Over time, his work shifted toward personal essays, appearing in The Los Angeles Times, Role/Reboot, The Nervous Breakdown, anthologies, and other outlets.

He is currently at work on new nonfiction exploring the failures of religion and ethics in the modern world. Alongside his writing, he designs literary websites for authors, artists, and small creative organizations.

He lives in Portland, OR, where he runs the trails and surfs the waves.