James Rafferty is an avid reader and writer of fiction, has written multiple novels and published several short stories within the Norfolk Quill. He has also had had numerous articles published on a variety of business and technical topics and has contributed to several US and international standards organizations. He participates in writing groups which include the Norfolk Quill Workshop, the Writing Wombats and Grub Street, and has been attending Muse and the Marketplace since 2010. He currently teaches at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and runs his own consulting firm. He is also a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.