About J. F. Alexander

James Francis (Jim) Alexander is a theophilic scribbler whose work creatively interweaves speculative fiction and spiritual theology. He is the author of I Am Sophia, a futuristic spiritual adventure released by Wipf & Stock Publishers and now available from booksellers around the globe.

Jim earned a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts at Austin College, a master's degree in global affairs at Tufts University's Fletcher School, and a juris doctorate at Stanford University. He also was a Fulbright fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and a Newbigin fellow at an ecumenical study center affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union. Jim was appointed Writer-in-Residence (in 2018) and Theologian-in-Residence (in 2022) at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in San Jose, California, where he is also an occasional lay preacher. His spiritual and theological "roots" reach deeply into historic Anglican catholic Christianity, while his "wings" touch modern scientific cosmology, theologies of the feminine divine, and insights from Eastern traditions.

He is also a licensed attorney who has clerked for a federal judge and practiced law at a multinational law firm and a major financial technology company. Prior to that, he worked at NASA as an international negotiator facilitating the construction and operation of the International Space Station. He is currently a pro bono advisor to LunARC, a global not-for-profit initiative to land, in 2024, the first permanent repository of art on the lunar surface.

Jim lives in Silicon Valley with his wife, teenage son, and Australian Shepherd. A grateful survivor of early-stage colon cancer, he is now training for "America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride" to raise funds for leukemia and lymphoma research.

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