Jim Fergus is the author of "One Thousand White Women", "The Sporting Road", "A Hunter s Road" and "Wild Girl". His articles and essays have appeared in a wide variety of national magazines and newspapers, including "Newsweek, Newsday, The Paris Review, Esquire, Sports Afield", and" Field & Stream". Fergus was born in Chicago and attended Colorado College. He worked as a teaching tennis professional before becoming a full-time freelance writer. He lives in southern Arizona.