Author portrait by Edward Faun

Jason earned his BA in Creative Writing from Kansas State University and an MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University. His debut novel, The Evolution of Shadows, was published by Unbridled Books in 2009. It was selected as a November 2009 Indie Next Pick and a 2010 Kansas Notable Book. He briefly published a DIY literary journal called The Project for a New Mythology, and from 2013 to 2024 he hosted The Outrider Podcast where he talked to literary types about literary things. He has had essays appear in the journal Vautrin, and poetry in the journal Spiritus.