Bio
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Erik Jay has been writing about himself in the third person since the age of four. By the time he entered kindergarten, his older brother, David, had taught him to read and fed him the entire 40-odd volumes of The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon. Erik's first, self-published work was The Six-Year War, an unimaginatively titled but colorfully illustrated graphic novel about World War II that he banged out on what passed for a "portable typewriter" in 1958 – about 30 pounds of pot metal in a not-nearly-small-enough metal suitcase.

In a professional communications career of 25 years, Erik has

• been managing editor of three magazines;

• played music professionally;
  
  
• stayed current on every communications technology – print, web, music, imaging – and integrated a deep understanding of hardware, software, and systems into his writing, design, music composition, and consulting work;
  
  
• written and narrated corporate videos;
  
  
• conceived marketing and advertising campaigns for Silicon Valley startups as well as Fortune 500 firms;
  
  
• worked for full-service creative agencies and boutique PR companies;
  
  
• managed a team (as executive editor, then publications director, from 1991-2001) of 12-15 writers, editors, graphic artists, and pre-press personnel in the creation and production of several dozen monthly and quarterly trade and specialty magazines;
  
  
• provided ongoing analytical and creative services for a major Hollywood film studio; and
  
  
• interviewed several dozen movie directors and written 40 articles for the leading B2B magazine covering the financial, legal, and business aspects of the adult entertainment industries.