Jay Atkinson, who has been called the ‘bard of New England toughness’ by Men’s Health Magazine, is the author of Legends of Winter Hill, which spent seven weeks on the Boston Globe hardcover bestseller list. He has written for many publications, including The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Newsday, Portland Oregonian, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Men’s Health, Boston Sunday Herald. His previous book, Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons and Hometown Heroes, was a Publishers Weekly Notable Book of the Year and reached #9 on the NEBA bestseller list. Atkinson has been nominated for the literary Pushcart Prize three times.