James Brock spent his childhood on a homestead in central Alaska with no electricity, indoor plumbing or running water. Reading by oil lamp was the family hobby, with James quickly moving from The Bobbsey Twins and The Boxcar Children to Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley. Stories by James have been published in many gay magazines, and writing featured in The Seattle Standard, The Seattle Gay News, along with two Alyson Publication anthologies. He has sold comedy material to Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller and his novel Men Overboard!, a comic murder mystery set on an all gay cruise, is available on Amazon. His first gay romance, Panda Heart, can be found at Beau to Beau publishing. James lives in Seattle where he enjoys running water and warm porcelain.