Whenever I start a novel, I’m always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go ‘what if?’ and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.
James Rollins Quotes
I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write.
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| Birth: | 20th August, 1961 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Veterinary Surgeon |
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James Rollins is a pen name of James Paul Czajkowski was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an American veterinarian and writer of action-thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacramento, California to be a full-time writer. He graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1985 with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. He has written Action-adventure novels include: Subterranean, Excavation, Deep Fathom, Amazonia, Ice Hunt, and Altar of Eden. Under the pen name James Clemens, he has also published fantasy novels, such as Wit'ch Fire, Wit'ch Storm, Wit'ch War, Wit'ch Gate, Wit'ch Star, Shadowfall and Hinterland.
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