Jim Yoakum


Biography

JIM YOAKUM has been a professional writer for over thirty years. He is the author of five non-fiction books and the screenwriter of three produced films. He has contributed articles to numerous magazines, websites and periodicals including Rolling Stone, The Onion and Goldmine. He is also former writing partners with the late Graham Chapman of Monty Python and is Curator of the Graham Chapman Archives. He is also a professional musician.

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Books

Monty Python VS The World    by Jim Yoakum
Price: $2.99 USD. 40360 words. Published on February 8, 2012. Nonfiction.

The inside story on the making of the Monty Python TV series by the US Curator of the Graham Chapman Archives, with previously unknown/unpublished material from untapped sources and from the Chapman Archives.
Bad, Like Jesse James    by Jim Yoakum
Price: $2.99 USD. 70940 words. Published on January 22, 2012. Nonfiction.

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A novel based on a true story, BAD, LIKE JESSE JAMES tells the story of an incredibly corrupt A.T.F. agent working out of Detroit in the mid-1970s who believed he was above the law - until the law brought him down.

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