Jared has been interested in stories his entire life. The first stories he knew were tales told on the front porch of his grandparents’ house in rural Mississippi and rural Arkansas. He grew up in Arkansas, where he earned degrees in English and History. He taught English Literature, Composition, and Rhetoric courses for several different universities for over a decade before relocating to the wilds of northern Massachusetts, then to Brooklyn, NY, and on to Manhattan where he now teaches and writes, produces, and builds all things Prose.