Jim Ruland

Writer, sailor, punk, rat

NEW NOVEL: Make It Stop was published by Rare Bird Books on April 25, 2023. It’s about a group of dysfunctional vigilantes set in a near future LA. It’s about corporate greed, dangerous drugs, and America’s perilous health care system.

SST FILES: The paperback edition of LA Times bestseller Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records was published by Hachette Books on June 6, 2023.

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Jim Ruland is the author of the LA Times bestseller Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records, the award-winning novel Forest of Fortune and the short story collection Big Lonesome. He is the co-author of Do What You Want with Bad Religion, My Damage with Keith Morris of Circle Jerks and OFF!, and Giving the Finger with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch.

Jim writes about punk and pop culture for Razorcake — America’s only non-profit independent music zine. He also writes book reviews and author profiles for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Jim’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Believer, Electric Literature, Esquire, Granta, and Oxford American, and has received awards from Reader’s Digest and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jim is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and has worked for advertising agencies, entertainment enterprises, and the gaming industry. He is available for copywriting, ghostwriting, editing, and consultation. He lives in Southern California and is an avid enthusiast of punk rock music, tattoo culture, and strong coffee.

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Jim: verminonthemount at yahoo dot com
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