After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Sports Management & Communications that proved useless, John William Hulme IV found success in a wide variety of jobs, including envelope stuffer, professional movie extra, and independent blood delivery contractor. But after a fortuitous reunion with Michael Wexler -- a former high-school soccer and tennis teammate -- Hulme decided to eschew those potentially lucrative careers and pursue the more traditional, stable, and medically-insured path of writing.

Hulme and Wexler's first project together was Voices of the Xiled, a collection of short stories which they edited for Doubeday. They later created Vanishing Point, an episodic radio drama which was broadcast on NPR (and later syndicated on XM Radio's "Sonic Theater"). The on-line version of Vanishing Point -- a massive role-playing game they built for Microsoft -- came to be known as "The Heaven's Gate" of the Internet, and effectively destroyed their lives and careers.

When he's not working on The Seems, Hulme is also a filmmaker. His first-feature length project, Unknown Soldier -- a documentary about his quest to know his father, who was killed in Vietnam before they ever met – premiered on HBO's "America Undercover" in 2005. He is currently at work on Who Got Next? - a documentary exploring the subculture of pick-up basketball -- and Mr. Allen, a horror film inspired by the fully taste-tested "Your Worst Nightmare" he received one night in a package of Good Night's Sleep.

Hulme currently lives in Highland Park, NJ with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Jack. Wexler lives only six blocks away, and comes over entirely too often.