Jim Delay has been described as a very funny man (this is not always an insult) for his award winning newspaper and magazine humor writing. His articles have been used in many college writing classes as examples of excellence in satire. After writing on the triumph of bad taste, the weirdness of political campaigning, the cushy lives of household pets, and the impenetrable smugness of the clergy, it's probably not surprising that he would write a comic novel about home invasion. In previous incarnations, Jim Delay has been a reporter, writer, and editor for Life magazine where he covered the White House, the Congress, the manned space program, the civil rights movement, and reported on science, medicine, sports, entertainment, and more hurricanes, fires, and floods than he expected. Jim has been editorial director for both CBS and ABC (although not simultaneously). He is also founder and managing director of Syntax: The Word Company, a consulting firm that specializes in corporate communications, and in encouraging companies to avoid pomposity. He lives on Cape Cod, but sometimes revisits a house where he once lived, far away on Hickory Road.