Jim Patrick wrote the text and Rob Benchley took the photographs for Scallop Season: A Nantucket Chronicle, the 2002 benchmark book cataloguing Nantucket's effort to save America's last remaining wild scallop fishery, as well as chronicling the island's character through interviews with many beloved fishermen. Jim has also recently re-released Nantucket Love Stories, Nantucket's bestseller in 1992 featuring true historical stories of the island's famous love affairs. Jim also founded the Nantucket Short Play Competition and Festival in 1992 and is hopeful that his latest book, The Nantucket Short Play Anthologies: Volume 1 - Stars, featuring winning plays from the Short Play Festival's first 25 years, will be ready in time for the sixth annual Book Festival.