Jim is an award-winning collaborator, editor, and author who enjoys helping people develop their voice and message. He has worked with bestselling authors, public figures, and ministry leaders including Max Lucado, George Foreman, Kathy Ireland, Jim Daly, Randy Alcorn, Kim Meeder, and Rolf Benirschke. Other notable book partners include NFL Hall of Famers Tim Brown and Bruce Matthews, Taliban kidnap victim Dr. Dilip Joseph, Pearl Harbor survivor Jim Downing, and pastor and Grammy-nominated vocalist Wintley Phipps. He is the coauthor of A Dangerous Faith, Danger Calling, and Danger Calling: Youth Edition.
A former Multnomah Publishers editor and newspaper journalist, Jim has collaborated on nearly forty books, with sales exceeding three million copies. Three of his projects have earned the Christian Book Award (formerly Gold Medallion Award) from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.
Jim lives in Oregon, where he enjoys hiking, softball, and performing music with friends.