Mitchell James Kaplan

Mitchell James Kaplan received his BA, with Honors in English Literature, from Yale University, where author William Styron encouraged him to become a novelist, and where he won the prestigious Paine Memorial Prize. His 2010 novel, By Fire, By Water, won numerous literary awards both domestically and abroad. A licensed private pilot, Mitchell plays classical and jazz flute and lives with his family and their cats in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. www.mitchelljameskaplan.com