James R. Gaines

James R. Gaines is a longtime journalist, magazine editor, publishing executive, media consultant, and author. He has been the editor of Time, People, and Life, for which he also served as publisher. His books, works of cultural history, include Wit's End: Days and Nights of the Algonquin Round Table and Evening in the Palace of Reason, which explores the conflict between faith and reason through a fateful meeting between Johann Sebastian Bach and Frederick the Great. He lives in Paris.