Jack Kohl is a pianist and writer. He is the author of The Pauktaug Trilogy:
That Iron String (a novel of pianists vs. music), Loco-Motive (a novel
of running), and You Knighted States (a Western). He is also the author of two collections
of essays: Bone Over Ivory and From the Windows of Diligence. His work also appears
in The Continental Literary Magazine. Along with David Dubal, he is co-founding
editor of Unconquerable Piano: A Literary Journal of Piano Culture, set to debut
in October 2023.
As a pianist he holds performance degrees from the Juilliard Pre-College Division,
Queens College/CUNY, and the University of South Carolina.