Jim Ruland is the author of the novel Forest of Fortune (Tyrus Books) and the short story collection Big Lonesome (Gorsky Press), and the co-author — with Scott Campbell Jr. of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch — of Giving the Finger (Lyons Press). He is currently collaborating with Keith Morris on his memoir My Damage about his life with Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and OFF! (Da Capo 2016).