Meet The Writer

James W. Threadgill has authored numerous articles on ASP and ASP.NET web development, published on such sites as the Dynamic Zones and MSDN, and he co-authored the Glasshaus book Dreamweaver MX: ASP.NET Web Development. James first learned computer programming in 1995 while attending Alvin Community College. He completed a certificate of computer science program and an Associate of Arts degree at Alvin before going on to the University of Houston-Clear Lake where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts. James is currently seeking a Ph.D. at the University of Houston.

James, who publishes fiction and poetry under the name Wayne James, was born in Houston, Texas, and has lived in and about Houston his entire life, except during military service. He went to local public schools, before joining the  U. S. Army in 1977.

After service, James worked for the family business for a few years before becoming restless. In 1993 he returned to school where he quickly developed an interest in literature and soon began witing his own poems and short stories. Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Raymond Chandler, Philip Dick, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein are among his favorite authors. His work has won awards in several genres, including crime and literary fiction as well as poetry and nonfiction. 

His fiction first appeared in Raconteur in 1995 and since has been published numerous times: in Hadrosaur Tales 5 and 7, Bayousphere, and in the Write Gallery e-zine. His poetry first appeared in the small press magazine Lucidity in 1996 and has been published numerous times since.

Most recently his work appeared in Tales of the Talisman winter and fall 2010 issues.