Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer.

Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the MSU Safe Place.

[5] He was a first-place winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 1998 with his story "Blade of the Bunny".

Hines attempted to mirror some of these anatomically incorrect poses on the covers of one of his own works and those of a variety of other fantasists.

[9] Hines has participated in several panel discussions at science fiction conventions such as one at the feminist convention WisCon, where a group of women including a gymnast and a dancer attempted (with limited success) to recreate such poses; and in a posing competition (benefits to charity) with fellow Hugo-winner John Scalzi,[10] which has brought the discussion and others like it such as The Hawkeye Initiative to the attention of Boing Boing and other publications,[11] including political blogs like ThinkProgress.