Book one of the Banned and the Banished series, Wit’ch Fire tells the story of Elena who is trying to save the lost empire of Alasea from the Dark Lord.Ĭritic reviews include: “ I couldn’t put it down ” (R.A. James’s first novel, Wit’ch Fire, was written in 1999 under the pen name James Clemens. With over thirty titles translated in over forty different languages, it is no wonder how this author has become so well-known world-wide. He enjoyed, and still does to this day, making his fictional stories believable by adding some truth to sway the minds of his readers. James was also self-inspired by the tall tale stories he would use as pranks on his siblings. He was also inspired by his many travels and adventures through the United States, Europe, New Zealand, the South Pacific, China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, as well as in South America.Ĭonquering the globe has not been the only inspiration for this writer, however. James was inspired by many different authors such as H.G.

Louis Magazine in 2012, He describes himself as a veterinarian who occasionally writes novels. James currently resides in Sacramento, California and shares his home with his golden retriever, Penny, and his miniature dachshund, Paiwakit.Īlthough his first novel was released clear back in the year 1999, James does not consider writing as his career. James would eventually give up his career in veterinary medicine to become a full-time author however, to this day he still volunteers his abilities to help the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and spaying and neutering trapped feral cats for the Sacramento Council of Cats. It was then that he opened his own private practice in Sacramento, California. After finishing high school, James went on to receive his Doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri in the year 1985. He graduated high school from Parkway West Senior High in Ballwin, Missouri in 1979. James Paul Czajkowski, also known as James Rollins and James Clemens, was born on Augin Chicago, Illinois.

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