Jay Antani is an India-born, America-raised, Los Angeles-based film journalist, fiction writer, and graphic novelist. The Leaving of Things is Jay's first novel, begun in USC's graduate writing program. Jay's film articles and reviews have appeared in Paste Magazine, Moving Pictures, Boxoffice Magazine and many others as well as on his own blog, Cinema Writer. Jay also wrote The Mysterians, a sci-fi fantasy graphic novel published in 2008 by TokyoPop. To learn more or contact Jay, visit jayantani.com