James is a nerd with a head full of stories and limited time to put them on the page.He grew up in Grand Rapids, MI, spending an excessive amount of time at a local community theater where he developed his affinity for storytelling. This affinity grew into a deep admiration for language and spoken word poetry while studying mathematics and education at the University of Michigan. A few hundred mediocre poems and lackluster performances later, he decided his dream of writing a novel might not be as ridiculous as he once thought. He firmly believes that art-even silly books about magic, or maybe especially silly books about magic-has the ability to tell stories that sink beneath the surface.
