James Ziskin

A linguist by training, James Ziskin studied Romance Languages and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his graduate degree, he worked in New York as a photo-news producer and writer, and then as Director of NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. His international experience includes two years working and studying in France, extensive time in Italy, and more than three years in India. He speaks Italian and French fluently. James now lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife Lakshmi and cats Bobbie and Tinker. His first novel is STYX & STONE: An Ellie Stone Mystery (Nov 2013, Oct. 15). Library Journal calls the book “An engrossing debut in what promises to be a fascinatingly complex series set in the 1960s.” Find James on Twitter.