Jim Menick is the Executive Editor of Reader's Digest Select Editions (formerly known as Condensed Books), meaning that he selects and edits the books in that series. He is also the Director of Forensics at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, NY, which means that he can be seen most weekends during the school year herding students to (and at) tournaments. In addition to the novels Lingo and The House on Summer Street, he is allegedly the author of the web series Nostrum: The High School Debate Soap Opera. Jim Menick is the Executive Editor of Reader's Digest Select Editions (formerly known as Condensed Books), meaning that he selects and edits the books in that series. He is also the Director of Forensics at Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, NY, which means that he can be seen most weekends during the school year herding students to (and at) tournaments. In addition to the novels Lingo and The House on Summer Street, he is allegedly the author of the web series Nostrum: The High School Debate Soap Opera. ...more