Born, raised and educated in Colombia, James moved to New York to study English and later earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Honors and awards for his writing have come from NYFA, the Henfield Foundation, the Queens Council on the Arts, and the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. His stories have appeared in numerous literary journals, and have been anthologized in Bésame Mucho, (Painted Leaf Press), and Virgins, Guerrillas & Locas, (Cleis Press). His debut novel, Tales from the Town of Widows & Chronicles from the Land of Men, has been published in thirteen countries. He lives in Queens, New York.
