James Pomerantz

James Pomerantz... James writes high-stakes thrillers for readers who crave elite operators, moral gray zones, and relentless action, led by The Rogue Breacher, a Deklan Novak novel featuring a former U.S. Navy SEAL pushed off the grid and into a war without rules. The cryptic industry message that best describes James Pomerantz as the author from the Deklan Novak novels to the recently released; Camelot’s Secret Legacy: It’s not the prose. or … it’s not ONLY the prose. The first pages written by James make the reader put down whatever they were doing and read past where they were supposed to stop. The style/genre has a specific quality that agents and publishers have been trying to name for years. The closest they can get is that the words feel inevitable. Like the book knows exactly what it is from the very first line. Like the writer decided about voice, about where to enter the story, about what the first thing the reader experiences will be, and committed to it completely. No hedging. no warming up. No, let me establish some context before we get to the actual thing.” Just here we are. This is the world. This is the voice. Come with me or don’t.

James studied Journalism at the University of Missouri. He wrote his first novel in 1999 and cut his writing teeth in Chicago while owning 10 nightclubs and sports bars over many years. Two relevant characteristics have surrounded James since he left school to chart the boundaries that would eventually identify with his life. Risk and authenticity. As a forerunner to the celebrity restaurant boom coming, James led the pack. James opened a themed restaurant in partnership with the Newman/Haas CART Racing Team of Mario Andretti in the late 80's, owned in part by actor Paul Newman. Mario Andretti's 1987 Indy car was in the main dining room! James also survived a restaurant partnership with actor Steven Seagal during the height of Seagal's popularity in 1991, after the movies Above the Law and Hard to Kill made Seagal an A-list movie star.