Cormac James was born in Cork, Ireland. A graduate of the University of East Anglia Creative Writing MA, he has published short fiction in Columbia, 3rd Bed, Phoenix Irish Short Stories, and The Dublin Review. His first novel was Track and Field; his second, The Surfacing, is published in the United States by Bellevue Literary Press. He has lived for some years in Montpellier, France, with his wife and son.
