Jess Mowry is the best-selling author of "Way Past Cool," According to the "New York Times," "Few authors capture the slang and terrors of inner-city streets the way Mr. Mowry does. And few write with such a sense of mission and fury." In "Ghost Train," Mowry reveals a new side of his personality, his life-long fascination with ghost stories and horror films. Jess Mowry makes his home in Oakland, California.