James lived in London where he was a journalist before moving to North Yorkshire with his young family, and a large, blind, rust-coloured sausage dog called Rigby. These days, James writes day and night, fire-fighting his household and saving his now smaller Datsies from badger holes.A keen cold-water swimmer and general health enthusiast, James works in a cabin by his swimming pond and has been known to emerge for school talks and the occasional lecture.Find out more by joining James's author newsletter which you can get to at his website, jameserith.com where you'll find an exclusive version of the entire series in one big ebook.James does do social media but, in his own words, 'it's rarely' and 'pretty badly'. If you do find him lurking on any of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or any others, send him a message to get back to his books.His latest work, Healing Pond is the story of recovery after snapping his Achilles tendon while attempting, calamitously, to build a swimming pond. Release Nov 2022.