J.L. has always loved the whimsical, macabre, and otherworldly. While other kids played on the jungle gym during recess, he would quietly slip away into the woods surrounding his rural elementary school with the most recent Goosebumps book in hand. It’s always been his dream to create stories that inspire others the way he was as a kid. 

J.L. graduated in 2007 from Castleton University with a BA in Children’s Literature. In 2011, he received his MFA from the Center For Cartoon Studies. He currently lives in Vermont with his wife, and three cats.