Jim Fanning

Writer, Historian and Disney Authority

Introduction

Jim is a regular contributor to the D23 website and the Disney twenty-three magazine.

Jim is an internationally published writer, historian and Disney authority. A regular contributor to the D23 website and the Disney twenty-three magazine, Jim is the author of books and articles about Walt Disney and his creative legacy.  In addition to writing “The Disney Book”, published globally by DK, he has written, researched and consulted for many divisions of The Walt Disney Company, and such Disney licensees as Mattel, McDonalds, NBC, and Technicolor, and his articles have appeared in such publications as The Hollywood Reporter, Sketches, Disney News, The Disney Magazine, Disney Newsreel, Persistence of Vision and Comics Buyer Guide.