J.P. Befumo

Pleasant Mount Press, Inc.

J.P. Befumo

I met Joe for the first time when I bought one of his oil paintings (Spiral Staircase) at an art show at the Springfield Museum of Fine Art, in Springfield, MA. I was immediately intrigued by this rather intense individual who looked, alternately, like Jesus and the devil. We exchanged cards, and I subsequently bought a wonderful painting called The Teardrop, which I used (with the artist's permission) as the cover for Faith and Physics, by Angelo Parodi. We also used another original as the cover for his own novel, Ariadne's Clew. You can see more of his paintings at his home page (see below).

In addition to art and literature, Joe is also an accomplished jazz/fusion musician, and the author of two books on Jazz Improvisation, as well as a CD called Native Recipes.

A long-time professional software engineer, Joe brings his background in the sciences to bring additional veracity to his stories. He has recently retired from software development to devote full time to his writing, musical, and artistic pursuits. When questioned about this decision, his characteristic answer was:

"I don't play well with others."

(Having heard some of his recordings I have to believe he was not referring to music!)

Currently, we are proud to offer the following works by this talented and multi-faceted author:

CD: I'm The Guy!

Novel: Survival Skills

Nonfiction: Faith and Physics

Novel: Ariadne's Clew

Nonfiction: Boxes Beyond the Blues (FREE download!)

Nonfiction: Exotic Scales: New Horizons for Jazz Improvisation (available early 2009)

Fiction: The Oranur Conspiracy (Available 06/2009)

Short Stories: The Apothecary Chest (Available 1/2009)

email: jbefumo@PleasantMountPress.com. Do check out his home page at http://www.rootwerx.com/

email: jbefumo@PleasantMountPress.com. Do check out his home page at http://www.rootwerx.com/