James Howard (born 1956) (also known as Jim Howard) is an American screenwriter, poet, computer game creator, and author.
Biography
James Howard worked from 1980 to 2010 as a writer for
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was award ...
, where he created the multi-player game ''You Guessed It!'' for the CompuServe network and the first known e-greetings of the pre-Internet era for local cable and videotex systems.
Howard's screenwriting credits include
Big Bad Love
''Big Bad Love'' is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown.Dawn Anna
''Dawn Anna'' is a 2005 American dramatic television film written by Robert Munic, Arliss Howard, and James Howard, and directed by Arliss Howard. The film, based upon real events surrounding the Columbine High School massacre, premiered on Life ...
(2005), both co-written with his brother, the actor/director
Arliss Howard
Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard (born October 18, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for his roles in the films ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987), '' Tequila Sunrise'' (1988), '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (19 ...
.
As Jim Howard, he has published poems in small journals such as
New Letters
''New Letters'', the name it has been published under since 1970, is one of the oldest literary magazines in the United States and continues to publish award-winning poems and fiction. The magazine is based in Kansas City, Missouri.
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and
The Texas Observer
''The Texas Observer'' (also known as the ''Observer'') is an American magazine with a liberal political outlook. The ''Observer'' is published bimonthly by a 501(c)(3)The Capitola Review His essays and short prose pieces have been published in ''Paragraphs'' magazine an ''My Bug''
He is author of the Hallmark books ''Little Glimpses of Good'' (2008) and ''I'll Be Me and You Be You'' (2010) under the name Jim Howard; a book of political humor ''The Tea Party Guide to Being a Real American'' (2011) under the pseudonym Roland Boyle; and the blogs "Spulge Nine" and "Tea Bastard."
Howard is the father of three children and is married to the writer Penny Krugman. They live in Kansas City.