The Short Version:
Stuart Jaffe is the author ofThe Malja Chronicles, a post-apocalyptic fantasy series, as well as the short story collection, 10 Bits of My Brain. Numerous other short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies. He is the co-host of The Eclectic Review -- a podcast about science, art, and well, everything. For those who keep count, the latest animal listing is as follows: five cats, one albino corn snake, one Brazilian black tarantula, three aquatic turtles, one tortoise, assorted fish, two lop-eared rabbits, eleven chickens, and a horse. Thankfully, the chickens and the horse do not live inside the house.
The Long Version:
I was born in 1971 in New Jersey and moved around quite a bit as a kid. I've spent time in Michigan, California, the Virgin Islands, Pennsylvania, and currently North Carolina. I have a wife, a son, and the zoo that is listed above.
I earned my BA in Directing Theater and an MA in English. Both came from West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
I started writing during college. I had always wanted to write a book and had tried out a few short stories. I realized, at one point, that if I could manage just one little page each day, then at the end of the year, I would have written 365 pages.
Hopefully, somewhere in that process, I would also have managed to write a good story. And so I started.
Well, that book sucked but I had begun thinking in terms of how to construct a novel and over time (and after a few more attempts) I managed to put out some good work. And now I'm writing my bio on my website and hoping you enjoy these stories as much as (if not more than) I enjoyed creating them.
Outside of writing, I've been involved with theater, played duplicate bridge for a time, and I hold a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. I also play guitar with a clear love for Blues.
That's all for now.