H. Melvin James

H. Melvin James is not a typical literary fiction author. His college degrees are in electrical engineering and business administration. He spent his career in the aerospace/defense and petrochemical industries.
Mr. James was the seventh of eight children raised on a farm. His family was one of a greater family of relatives, most of whom were farmers and ranchers. Those families were first and second generation pioneers and homesteaders.
Mr. James' ancestors were descendants of immigrants, from first generation to twelfth, from southeast Continental Europe to the northwest Irish Isle and several nations in between, including Germany, Czech Republic, and The Netherlands. They were an opinionated, superstitious, bold, culturally and ethnically rich and colorful lot, and they were avid storytellers. That is what spawned and prepared Mr. James as a storyteller himself.