James kass was born in 1942 in Dubuque IOWA where he lived untill 1973. Among the many jobs he has held, he has spent 17 years in telephone construction working his way from a lineman to a general foreman. And has traveled in every state in the US, covering covering over 3 million miles as an over the road truck driver, He has been writing for 20 years, publishing his first book in 1999. His 4th and 5th book will be in print soon. Although two of his books are romance and he enjoys writing about love and mystery, his passion is to write about his experiences in life, feeling that the mastery of certain skills that has earned him a living has qualified him as a expert.