AUTHORS

FreeDarko is a collective of like-minded NBA writers and artists whose blog has become a staple of basketball fandom on the Internet. General inquiries can be addressed to freedarko (at) gmail.com

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BETHLEHEM SHOALS is a writer living in Seattle. He contributes regularly to NBA FanHouse and is a founding member of FreeDarko. His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Slate, McSweeney’s, Deadspin.com, SLAM, and the NationHe can be reached at friedman.nathaniel (at) gmail.com

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JACOB WEINSTEIN is a cartoonist, illustrator and designer. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, McSweeney's, Tin House and other publications. He was the designer and art director of the The Philadelphia Independent. He can be reached at jacobmweinstein (at) gmail.com

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DR. LAWYER INDIANCHIEF holds a Ph.D. in psychology from University of Chicago and researches how people think about other minds.  He has written about music, science, and sports for outlets such as the Fader, Scientific American, and ESPN the Magazine. He can be reached at adamwaytz (at) gmail.com

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BROWN RECLUSE, ESQ., is a law librarian living in Chicago. His writing on sports has appeared on Deadspin.com and UNC basketball message boards. He is very excited about the beginning of the Harrison Barnes Era. He can be reached at toddito (at) gmail.com

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SILVERBIRD 5000 is FreeDarko’s resident statistician, as well as the founder, editor, and sole proprietor of the only blog devoted exclusively to the English Revolution of 1640. He is currently completing his doctorate in sociology at Yale. He can be reached at jesseaeinhorn (at) gmail.com

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J.GABRIEL BOYLAN is an assistant editor at Harper's Magazine and writes frequently on music and art. His work has appeared in Spin, The Nation, Bookforum, The New York Observer, Vibe, and elsewhere. For many years he was the lead singer and songwriter of Electric Light Orchestra. He can be reached at gabriel.boylan (at) gmail.com

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ERIC FREEMAN is a writer and editor from San Francisco. His work has appeared on SportingNews.com and AOL FanHouse. He also writes about art and culture for PlasmaPool.org. In his spare time, he enjoys reading long books and yelling at his television. He can be reached at efreeman07 (at) gmail.com

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AVI KORINE is a screenwriter whose credits include the film Mister Lonely. He also writes about boxing at Boxiana.com and formerly at the Sporting News. He can be reached at avikorine (at) gmail.com

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JOEY LITMAN follows basketball from St. Louis, where he attends law school. He writes the blog Straight Bangin’, and he has contributed sportswriting to a host of Web sites, including ESPN.com. In his free time, Joey waits patiently for the Knicks to win another title and for Black Star to release another album. He can be reached at joeylitman (at) gmail.com

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PASHA MALLA is the author of The Withdrawal Method (stories) and All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts (poems, sort of). His first novel, People Park, will be published in late 2011. He can be reached at pasha.malla (at) gmail.com

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LANG WHITAKER is the executive editor of SLAM magazine. He appears regularly on NBA TV and has also written for Sports Illustrated, Esquire, InStyle, and Antenna, among others. His memoir about growing up as a fan of the Atlanta Braves is due out from Scribner in spring 2011.

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TOM ZILLER writes about the NBA for FanHouse.com and SactownRoyalty.com. He can be reached at tom (at) sactownroyalty.com