The Elephant in the Room

"If ever there was a childrens book for adults only this is the one: sweet and surreal playfully Picasso and full of cockeyed wisdom. I was charmed and Im giving the damn thing to everyone. I think youll do the same. My advice is grab a copy immediately. Yesterday if possible." Stephen King Jack Bender is a storyteller. Sometimes this takes the form of painting in his home studio in Los Angeles sometimes this means directing or producing award-winning television dramas like The Sopranos Lost and Game of Thrones. Benders vibrant first book The Elephant in the Room is a collection of stories told through his art a lyrical interweaving of abstraction rich color and texture and surreal dreaminess. With themes of morality identity love loss death and birth these stories are tender and intimate but cut with Benders biting humor and a master storytellers sense of irony.