James Kiester was born on February 12th, 1970 with a condition known as Cerebral Palsy. Because this condition robs him of motor control, fine enough to allow him to walk and perform common tasks, the doctors told his parents he would never be able attend school. Thirty years, and one college degree, later, James owned his own Research/Website Design business and was doing volunteer work for his local Sheriff's Department. While his work kept him occupied, he always had the desire to write.

He tried writing in a variety of genres (science fiction, fantasy, westerns, etc...), but never felt the work he produced was unique enough to warrant publication. Then, During the 2004 general election, eleven states passed some form of anti-gay legislation. James wanted to address the issue, but didn't want to simply write a blog and let it go at that. So, James began work on a murder mystery, "Murder According to Hoyle: A Nick Ferrous Mystery," which tells the story of the murder of a Senator who was trying to ban gay marriage on a federal level. To set his work apart from other mysteries on the market, he made the sleuth a professional poker player rather than the typical police detective or private investigator.

Once he began writing his first Nick Ferrous Mystery, he discovered mystery writing offered him a means of producing original material in ways other genres hadn't. He's come to realize, there are enough crimes and variations in crimes to fuel an endless pool of fresh stories.

Today, he spends the majority of his time, eight to twelve hours per day, operating his computer with his nose to maintain websites, research possible stories, and write.