Jack Heffron is editorial director of Clerisy Press, and has been a professional editor for more than 15 years. He is author of three books for writers - The Writer's Idea Book, The Writer's Guide to Places, and The Writer's Idea Workshop. A founding editor of Story magazine, he is two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Fiction and editor for the critically acclaimed Best Writing on Writing series. He has published short stories in many literary journals and twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His nonfiction has appeared in Oxford American, ESPN Magazine and Utne Reader, among others. His work has been cited in Best American Travel Writing.
