J. F. Alexander

Jim is the author of I Am Sophia, A Novel, which was released in 2021 by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers. He blogs and has begun writing a second stand-alone book.

He is writer-in-residence at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in San Jose, California. Since January 2021, he also serves as the cathedral's senior warden (board chair). He is a licensed attorney and former international negotiator who has worked in the private sector and the U.S. government, including a Fortune 500 company and NASA's International Space Station program. Raised in the Texas panhandle, Jim earned a bachelor's degree at Austin College, a master's degree at Tufts University's Fletcher School, and a juris doctorate at Stanford University and was a U.S.–Germany Fulbright fellow and a Newbigin fellow in theology.

He is an avid reader, particularly in the areas of theology, spirituality, and science fiction. Important influences include Richard Rohr, Elizabeth A. Johnson, Thomas Merton, and Evelyn Underhill. Jim lives with his wife and teenage son and their Australian Shepherd and rabbit.