James Wieland was born in Chico, CA, in the United States. He grew up knowing the woods and coastline of the West Coast as well as the deep forests of the East, spending most of his formative years in school performing groups traveling between the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He writes in multiple genres under different pen names. That includes his role as both an American author and ghostwriter for various Fortune 500 companies and modern luminaries.

When not writing, you can find Wieland typing furiously away at a local bookstore or coffee shop around Midcoast Maine.