JOHNNY TEMPLE is publisher and editor-in-chief of Akashic Books, a Brooklyn, New York-based independent publisher. He is the editor of the anthology USA Noir, which was selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Temple has taught courses on the publishing business at Wilkes University, Wesleyan University, and Pratt Institute, and is a co-chair of the Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council. He also plays bass in the bands Girls Against Boys, Soulside, and Fake Names, which have toured extensively across the globe and released numerous albums on independent and major record labels.