VJ Books Presents Author Paul Vidich!
 Paul Vidich received his MFA from Rutgers-Newark. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Fugue, The Nation, Narrative Magazine, Wordriot, and other places. Junot Diaz selected his story "Jump Shot" as a winner of the 2010 Fugue Short Story Contest and his story "Falling Girl," was nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize and appeared in New Rivers Press' American Fiction, Volume 12: The Best Unpublished Short Stories by Emerging Writers. His story collection was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Prior to turning to writing, Vidich had a distinguished career in music and media at Time Warner, AOL, and Warner Music Group, where he was Executive Vice President in charge of global digital strategy. He was a member of the National Academies committee on The Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era and testified in Washington before rate hearings.
He presently serves as an independent board director, angel investor, and advisor to Internet media companies in video and music. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University where he was a Trustee and received a Distinguished Alumni Award, and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the boards of directors of Poets and Writers, The New School for Social Research, and the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation.
An Honorable Man was his debut novel.
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