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about James

Want to learn all about the man behind the books? Try the links below. You can also visit my personal pages, though those are of greatest interest to family and friends.

I've been featured in five Personality Spotlight articles on the Wizards of the Coast website:

  • Number One with Rob Heinsoo, discussing Monsters of Faerûn
  • Number Two with Rich Redman, discussing Defenders of the Faith
  • Number Three with the Forgotten Realms design team, discussing the FR Campaign Setting
  • Number Four discussing Oriental Adventures
  • Number Five discussing Deities and Demigods with Skip Williams and Rich Redman
  • Number Six discussing City of the Spider Queen with Rich Baker.
  • Number Seven discussing Fiend Folio with the other designers.

Eric Noah interviewed me for his web site around January of 2001. I was also featured in the ProFiles column in DRAGON Magazine #281, March 2001.

Peter Lustig interviewed me for his Oriental Adventures website in December of 2002.

Besides game design, I also dabble in multimedia design and music composition. I was a professional multimedia/web designer for a while, and still have my Aquela Design pages up on this site. I've also got a section devoted to music I've composed—mostly hymns but a few others as well. I'm hoping to make more time for music soon.