A longtime golf writer and editor, James Y. Bartlett is the author of The Hacker Golf Mystery series, as well as several books of golf nonfiction. He is a former features editor at Golfweek, was editor of Luxury Golf magazine, and executive editor of Caribbean Travel & Life magazine. He was the golf columnist for Forbes FYI magazine for 12 years, and for Hemispheres Magazine (United Airlines inflight) for 19 years. He is a fulltime freelance writer and editor now living in Rhode Island.