Jarred McGinnis shares his passion for stories and demonstrates the power of words from speech act theory to the genius that is the children's book "That's Not My Pirate."

Jarred is an American living in London and the co-founder of the literary variety night, The Special Relationship. His fiction has been commissioned for BBC Radio 4 and appeared in journals in the UK, USA, and Ireland. He is wickedtomocktheafflicted.com. In addition to writing fiction, he holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx