Jason Porter was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1972, and grew up in nearby Ann Arbor. After a brief career as an online news editor (Yahoo! News and The New York Times) and a less brief non-career as a rock musician, Jason completed an MFA in Fiction at Hunter College. Now he writes fiction,...
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Jason Porter was born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1972, and grew up in nearby Ann Arbor. After a brief career as an online news editor (Yahoo! News and The New York Times) and a less brief non-career as a rock musician, Jason completed an MFA in Fiction at Hunter College. Now he writes fiction, mostly in odd shapes and sizes. His first novel, Why Are You So Sad?, was shortlisted for the Paris Literary Prize, and was published by Plume in early 2014. He lives in Brooklyn, with his girlfriend and their two dogs.
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