About

JAMES OTT

Freelance Writer

Current

-Freelance Writer

-Volunteer Tutor, Writing Center, Thomas More College

Previously

-Contract writer for McGraw-Hill (Aviation Week and Business Week)

-Senior Editor, Aviation Week

-Director of Public Relations, Catholic University of America

-Reporter and Kentucky Editor, Cincinnati Enquirer

 Honors

Aerospace Journalist of the Year, 2002, Royal Aeronautical Society

Bombardier Prize, Royal Aeronautical Society, 2002

Best Propulsion article, RAS’s contest, 2005

Ohioana Library Assn. certificate for The Greatest Brush

Education

AB, English Literature, Thomas More College

Master’s degree, Communication Arts, Xavier University

Military

Army Reserve: 375^th Field Artillery Bn., 100^th Inf., Div., and 2075^th, Cincinnati USAR School

Publications

Jets, Airliners of the Golden Age, Airlife, United Kingdom, 1993

Airline Odyssey, McGraw-Hill, 1995

Seekers of the Everlasting Kingdom, Editions du Signe, 2003

The Love Affair of Mollie Duveneck, Northern Kentucky Heritage, 2013

A Lieutenant of the Fighting Sixth, NK Heritage, spring, 2015

Covington Artists, Bicentennial Commemorative Book, 2015

The Greatest Brush, Love, Tragedy and Redemption of Artist Frank       Duveneck, Branden Books, 2016

“Duveneck and the Church,” The Messenger, January 21, 2017

Personal Information

Married, five sons and 14 grandchildren

Residence: 825 Rosewood Drive, Crescent Springs, KY 41017

Telephones: 859 341-8032 (residence and office); 859 341-8484 (mobile)

Jamesott825@gmail.com