Jim Gormley was born in 1959 in Kettering, England, the son of Irish immigrants. Jim himself immigrated to the United States in 1980, where he married and settled in New York with his wife Karen. Jim is now retired after a long and successful career as an international business attorney. He and Karen live in Maryland and enjoy spending time with their three grown children and their families. Jim writes children's stories which reflect the magic of the imaginary worlds he and his grandchildren create whenever they get together.