James was born in Sydney, Australia in 1954 .He has been a champion long jumper, teacher and teacher librarian, but didn’t start writing until he found himself in an outback town called Cunnamulla. After winning the Australian Children’s Book of the Year Award twice (1996, 1997) James decided to write full time.
James was born in Sydney, Australia in 1954 .He has been a champion long jumper, teacher and teacher librarian, but didn’t start writing until he found himself in an outback town called Cunnamulla. After winning the Australian Children’s Book of the Year Award twice (1996, 1997) James decided to write full time.
