Jamie Micah

About:

Jamie Micah is a Los Angeles-based writer, musician, and audio producer.

His debut novel The Empathizer is a dystopian satire set in 2063 — a diptych structured around Poe's Masque of the Red Death and Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The story follows a classically liberal Jewish narrator and his progressive sister as they're persecuted by an authoritarian left and an authoritarian right,  and it makes a single argument: that ideological extremism follows the same pattern regardless of direction. The accompanying audio series was written, narrated, and scored by Micah, featuring a completely original, sample-free sonic landscape built for the story. It was written for the politically homeless.

Jamie's screenwriting has earned recognition from HorrorHaus, Lift Off NY, 13Horror, and Short Encounters. His music — released under Textures, Raspberry Cocaine, Till Death, and The Static Shock — has been featured in the LA Times. He has also composed and written the libretto for the rock opera The Three Tribes of Z Street.

He is currently at work on his second novel, The Tapes, a multigenerational literary novel in the tradition of Philip Roth — a turn toward more personal territory after the dystopian satire of his debut.

Current Project: 

THE EMPATHIZER 

A novel. A limited audio series. A diptych.

Two Americas. Two literary nightmares. One man caught between them — and nowhere left to stand.

Creative Works:

Music

• Featured artist in LA Times

• Multiple albums available at: https://jamiemicah.bandcamp.com

• Check out his latest musical project Textures here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7C1lDIW0MMsiheH0FNCnxYE0stMzPSrP

• Composed and wrote libretto for rock opera "The Three Tribes of Z Street": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh03bVBJKhg

• Performs as Raspberry Cocaine, Textures, Till Death, The Static Shock

Writing

• Screenwriting laurels from HorrorHaus, Lift Off NY, 13Horror, and Short Encounters