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Jeffrey James Keyes

Jeffrey James Keyes is an interdisciplinary writer and artist. He co-wrote the New York Times bestseller Killer Chef with James Patterson. His plays have been featured at FringeNYC and the Samuel French OOB Festival, and his award-winning short film Uniform was featured in over 30 festivals worldwide. He is a recipient of the 2019 Artist’s Patron Fund and wrote the script for Digital Arrest, a new virtual reality experience that won the top prize in Creative Technology at NYC Media Lab ’19. He holds a BA in theatre performance from Fordham College at Lincoln Center and a MFA in playwriting from the Columbia University School of the Arts.


Articles by Jeffrey James Keyes

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Prison and Justice Writing
Wednesday November 11

A Golden Partnership

These dual essays were written by Elizabeth Hawes and Jeffrey James Keyes, 2020 honorees for the PEN America/L’Engle-Rahman Prize for Mentorship.