Seventeen skilled authors.  Seventeen vivid stories.  Seventeen fascinating first-person characters.  Seventeen singular opportunities to lose yourself deep within the life of another.  Take the challenge—and take an in-person look at Further Persons Imperfect. Editor/contributor Paul McComas is or has been the instructor of the sixteen other contributors to this anthology, fourteen of whom first studied with him in the Minicourse Program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  (The other two first studied with him at Lawrence University’s Bjorklunden summer seminar program in Door County, Wisconsin.)  All are also present or past students in his privately-run Advanced Fiction Writing workshop. Published with a grant from Northwestern University. For information on Further Persons Imperfect (and other) events - click here NOTE: A portion of the proceeds from this book benefits Boys Hope/Girls Hope -- a not-for-profit network of group homes for high-potential, at-risk youth.  Go to www.chicagobhgh.org or www.boyshopegirlshope.org. As of mid-October 2007, Further Persons Imperfect was, according to Amazon.com, its 15th-best-selling current anthology title! And on October 20th, Further Persons Imperfect received an Honorable Mention in national competition at the 2007 DIY Book Festival in Los Angeles!. Cover photo by Tony Gianneschi Front & back cover concept by Jessica Bartlett Front cover model: Katie Brown   All contents ©1998, 2002-06 Paul McComas Website designed and built by Neal Katz