James DeVita, a native of Long Island, NY, is an author, actor, and a theater director. He is a core company member at American Players Theater, a classical repertory theater, and has worked as an actor in Japan, Germany, Australia, Ireland, and around the United States. Along with his novels, A Winsome Murder, The Silenced, and Blue, Jim has worked extensively as a playwright for adult and youth theater. His work has been acknowledged with The Distinguished Play Award from The American Alliance of Theater and Education; The Intellectual Freedom Award; the Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwrighting Award; and The American Alliance of Theater and Education honored his body of work in Youth Theater with the Charlotte B. Chorpenning Award. He is also a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Fiction. Jim is a member of The Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity Association.