About Me

James P. Barker is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist with degrees in Psychology and Media Study (concentration: interpretation) from the State University of New York at Buffalo—or, as he prefers to put it, a multi-award-winning sculptor who uses a pen to shape words on a page that leave impressions in the mind.

Jim’s work explores the haunted intersections of memory, narrative, and the human mind. His essays on the art and science of storytelling and perception have been widely cited in academic and creative circles worldwide. He’s currently authoring a series, Zen and the Art and Science of Immersive Storytelling: a Unified Theory of Narrative Engagement, available on this site.

His first novel, The Fourth House, draws from a unique synthesis of narrative theory, philosophy, and neuroscience—blurring the line between literary architecture and lived experience.