James R. Nelson was raised in Michigan's remote Upper Peninsula. The solitude of living in the woods helped him develop a love of reading and an interest in authors and writing. He graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science degree and then went on to obtain a Master's Degree in Education.
His novels include-
The Stephen Moorehouse Mystery Collection
The Butterfly Conspiracy (New Edition - with added subplots and more action)
The Peacock Prophecy
Menagerie of Broken Dreams
The Monarch Graveyard
The Archie Archibald Private Detective Series
A Crimson Sky for Dying
Fatal Assumptions
The Black Orchid Mystery
Unsafe Harbor
Other Books
The Maze at Four Chimneys
The Pilot
The House on Turner Lane
Winter Island
The Hawthorn House
Dying to Win
He is a board member of the Brevard Author's Society, a member of The Space Coast Writer's Guild, two writing groups, and he teaches a class - How To Write Your First Novel.