James Patrick White (born 1940 in Wichita Falls, Texas)[1] is the former executive director of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation[2] and has published five books of fiction as well as stories, poems, and articles.
White has received Guggenheim and other fellowships and has taught at UCLA, the University of Southern California, and the University of South Alabama.
He was the founding president of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers and the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers.
White was founding president of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers,[3] the Texas Association of Creative Teachers,[4] and was one of the founders of the American Literary Translators Association[5] and founding editor of the Translation Review.
He taught Creative Writing and directed the graduate program at the University of Southern California and The University of South Alabama.