Born in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand in 2002 James is currently studying at The Victoria University of Wellington majoring in English Literature and Classics with a minor in Philosophy. His father is a first-generation immigrant from Birmingham England and his mother, descended from north Irish catholic immigrants, has lived her life in the same valley James does now. Despite his small-town life, James has been privileged enough to visit many unique and inspirational places outside his small-town home, including Fiji, Hawaii, Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Rome, Paris, London and his ancestral Birmingham. Young Love Blood is his first novel.